Shiga prefectural police have arrested a 74-year-old man serving a life sentence for murder on suspicion of killing and dismembering a man and dumping the body parts around Lake Biwa in 2008. The body ...

‘8 Views of Lake Biwa’ Review: Enigmatic Estonian Romantic Drama Floats on Striking Imagery and Burgeoning Desire Often puzzling but ultimately fascinating, Marko Raat’s new otherworldly ...

The 2023 Lake Biwa Fireworks Festival will be held in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. Expectations are likely to rise for the event, which will be held for the first time ...

Relatively commonplace as that description may read, writer-director Marko Raat's "8 Views of Lake Biwa" is closer to a dreamlike folktale - set sometime during the 20 th century - than to ...

Lake Biwa, covering an area of 670 square kilometers, is famed for being Japan’s largest lake, and its proximity to the former capital of Kyoto means it has featured in art and literature since ...

However, the cat island of Okishima on Lake Biwa - the largest freshwater lake in Japan - is one of the oldest and has been inhabited since around the 12th century.

Lake Biwa canal facilities not only played key roles in water infrastructure and power generation, but also in irrigation and waterway transportation. Subscribe . Digital Print .

Japan's biggest lake: Lake Biwa. It is four million years old, a source of water for 14 million people, and home to over ten aquatic creatures that are only found there. Lake Biwa contains rare ...

OTSU, Japan -- The Lake Biwa Canal Cruise is a small sightseeing boat with a capacity of about 10 people. The craft makes a round trip on the waterway between Kyoto and Otsu, ...