In 1869, the emperor's move to Tokyo led Kyoto's economy and population into decline. A canal was dug as a last resort to revive the city. It still supplies water, generates power and boosts tourism.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. White cherry blossoms descend from the sky just as a tragedy is about to change the course of a uniquely religious fishing ...

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 ...

' Biwa trout ' is a salmonid fish endemic to Shiga Prefecture, and the largest can reach a total length of 60 cm. I caught a Biwa trout in Lake Biwa, and tried to find out what it tastes like by using ...

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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 ...

OK, you’re in Kyoto. After you’ve had your fill of temples, shrines and gardens, what do you do? Eat tofu dishes, matcha this and that, or light Kyoto-style home cooking with boiled vegetables and ...

This time, we will be fishing for Biwa trout using a technique called trolling, which involves casting a fishing line from a slowly moving boat and waiting for a Biwa trout to bite. There are many ...

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 ...

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 ...