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 Minakuchichō-matoba
Satellite map of Minakuchichō-matoba
Minakuchichō-matoba is a city in Japan.
Population: 38,986
Latitude: 34° 58' 0.01" N
Longitude: 136° 10' 0.01" E
Articles of interest in Minakuchichō-matoba
65 Articles of interest near Minakuchichō-matoba, Japan
Show all articles in the mapAzuchi Castle
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 …
Miho Museum
The Miho Museum is located southeast of Kyoto, Japan, near the town of Shigaraki, in Shiga Prefecture. The museum was the dream of Mihoko Koyama (after whom it is named), the heiress to the Toyobo textile business, and one of the wealthiest women in…
Ōmihachiman, Shiga
Ōmihachiman (近江八幡市, Ōmihachiman-shi) is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Iga Ueno Castle
Iga Ueno Castle (伊賀上野城, Iga-Ueno-jō), also known as Ueno Castle (上野城, Ueno-jō) and Hakuho Castle (白鳳城, Hakuhō-jō), is a Japanese castle located in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Moriyama, Shiga
Moriyama (守山市, Moriyama-shi) is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
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.
Kusatsu-juku
Kusatsu-juku (草津宿, Kusatsu-juku) was the fifty-second of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō as well as the sixty-eighth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō.
Kusatsu Station (Shiga)
Kusatsu Station (草津駅, Kusatsu-eki) is a railway station operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
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.
Azuchi, Shiga
Azuchi (安土町, Azuchi-chō) was a town located in Gamō District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Ryūō, Shiga
Ryūō (竜王町, Ryūō-chō) is a town located in Gamō District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Minami-Kusatsu Station
Minami-Kusatsu Station (南草津駅, Minami-Kusatsu-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company Tokaido Line (Biwako Line) in the city of Kusatsu, 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…
Aishō, Shiga
Aishō (愛荘町, Aishō-chō) is a town located in Echi District in eastern Shiga Prefecture, Japan.