Year round, Mt Hakodate’s Kokia Park in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, offers wonderful views of Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest freshwater lake, from an elevation of 680 meters. Now, in the autumn, that ...

The indoor season is in its last labored week and following this weekend’s NCAA championships at various venues across the country and the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, we’ll be ...

A government panel has proposed that some Lake Biwa canal facilities in western Japan be collectively designated as a national treasure. Five of the canal facilities, which were built to help carry ...

A group of university students who went kayaking on Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture all returned safely to shore late Monday, after being reported missing earlier in the evening, with three of their ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following piece was supplied by Yamaha Marine Group for which Phil Dyskow is a strategic advisor. I recently had a chance to fish on Japan's Lake Biwa with the Largemouth Bass World ...

Camping tents are seen at Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture. Biwa is Japan's largest lake and a popular leisure spot in summer. Learn how to buy a home in Japan, including property buying procedures, ...