Shiga Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture (滋賀県, Shiga-ken) is a prefecture of Japan, which forms part of the Kansai region in the western part of Honshu island. It encircles Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater lake in Japan.
Latitude and longitude of Hino, Shiga
Satellite map of Hino, Shiga
Hino (日野町, Hino-chō?) is a town located in Gamō District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Population: 22,767
Latitude: 35° 00' 0.00" N
Longitude: 136° 15' 0.00" E
Articles of interest in Hino, Shiga
59 Articles of interest near Hino, Shiga, Japan
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Azuchi Castle (安土城, Azuchi-jō) was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga. It was built from 1576 to 1579, on the shores of Lake Biwa, in Ōmi Province. Nobunaga intentionally built it close enough to Kyoto that he could watch over and guard the …
Ōmihachiman, Shiga
Ōmihachiman (近江八幡市, Ōmihachiman-shi) is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Toyosato, Shiga
Toyosato (豊郷町, Toyosato-chō) is a town located in Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Tsubaki Grand Shrine
Tsubaki Grand Shrine (椿大神社, Tsubaki Ōkami Yashiro) is a Shinto shrine in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Tsubaki is the principal shrine of the deity Sarutahiko-no-Ōkami and one of Japan's oldest shrines.
Shigaraki train disaster
The Shigaraki train disaster (信楽高原鐵道衝突事故, Shigaraki Kōgen Tetsudō shōtotsu jiko) was a railway accident that occurred in Shigaraki (now Koka), Shiga Prefecture, Japan on May 14, 1991. A Shigaraki Kōgen Railway (SKR) train and a West Japan Railway Co…
Konan, Shiga
Konan (湖南市, Konan-shi) is a city located in southern Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Yasu, Shiga
Yasu (野洲市, Yasu-shi) is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Rittō, Shiga
Rittō (栗東市, Rittō-shi) is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Komono, Mie
Komono (菰野町, Komono-chō) is a town located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. As of November 2012, the town had an estimated population of 40,289 and a population density of 377 persons per km².
Shigaraki Palace
Shigaraki Palace (紫香楽宮, Shigaraki-no-miya, also written 信楽宮) was a palace built by Emperor Shōmu, initially as a villa, later named by himself as the capital in 744. The palace was located in the present-day city of Kōka, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Seki-juku (Tōkaidō)
Seki-juku (関宿, Seki-juku) was the forty-seventh of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō.
Azuchi, Shiga
Azuchi (安土町, Azuchi-chō) was a town located in Gamō District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Taga, Shiga
Taga (多賀町, Taga-chō) is a town located in Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Ryūō, Shiga
Ryūō (竜王町, Ryūō-chō) is a town located in Gamō District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Mount Gozaisho
Mount Gozaisho (御在所岳, Gozaisho-dake) is a Japanese mountain located on the border of Komono, Mie Prefecture and Higashi-Ōmi, Shiga Prefecture.
Kōra, Shiga
Kōra (甲良町, Kōra-chō) is a town located in Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Eigen-ji
Eigen-ji (永源寺) is one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, founded in 1361 by the lord of Ōmi province—Sasaki Ujiyori. The temple is located in modern day Higashiōmi, Shiga prefecture of Japan, and its first Abbot wa…