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href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> 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</li> <li id="toc-Notable_people_from_Shiga_Prefecture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people_from_Shiga_Prefecture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notable people from Shiga Prefecture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people_from_Shiga_Prefecture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sister_states" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_states"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Sister states</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_states-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" 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href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga-prefektuur" title="Shiga-prefektuur – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Shiga-prefektuur" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%BA%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9)" title="شيغا (محافظة) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="شيغا (محافظة)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eiqa_prefekturas%C4%B1" title="Şiqa prefekturası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Şiqa prefekturası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="شیقا اوستانی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="شیقا اوستانی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9f%C3%A9ktur_Shiga" title="Préféktur Shiga – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Préféktur Shiga" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2" title="শিগা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="শিগা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siga-ko%C4%81n" title="Siga-koān – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Siga-koān" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Сіга (прэфектура) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сіга (прэфектура)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Шига – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Шига" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_de_Shiga" title="Prefectura de Shiga – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Prefectura de Shiga" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga-ken" title="Shiga-ken – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Shiga-ken" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektura_%C5%A0iga" title="Prefektura Šiga – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Prefektura Šiga" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_(talaith)" title="Shiga (talaith) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Shiga (talaith)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga-pr%C3%A6fekturet" title="Shiga-præfekturet – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Shiga-præfekturet" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_prefektuvra" title="Shiga prefektuvra – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Shiga prefektuvra" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A4fektur_Shiga" title="Präfektur Shiga – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Präfektur Shiga" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_prefektuur" title="Shiga prefektuur – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Shiga prefektuur" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_de_Shiga" title="Prefectura de Shiga – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Prefectura de Shiga" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubernio_%C5%9Ciga" title="Gubernio Ŝiga – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Gubernio Ŝiga" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_(prefektura)" title="Shiga (prefektura) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Shiga (prefektura)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7" title="استان شیگا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان شیگا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9fecture_de_Shiga" title="Préfecture de Shiga – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Préfecture de Shiga" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maoracht_Shiga" title="Maoracht Shiga – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Maoracht Shiga" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_de_Shiga" title="Prefectura de Shiga – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Prefectura de Shiga" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga-yen" title="Shiga-yen – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Shiga-yen" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EA%B0%80%ED%98%84" title="시가현 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="시가현" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%A1_(%D5%BA%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%86%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A1)" title="Սիգա (պրեֆեկտուրա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սիգա (պրեֆեկտուրա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_(prefektura)" title="Shiga (prefektura) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Shiga (prefektura)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepektura_ti_Shiga" title="Prepektura ti Shiga – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Prepektura ti Shiga" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektur_Shiga" title="Prefektur Shiga – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Prefektur Shiga" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B3%C3%A6" title="Сигæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Сигæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefettura_di_Shiga" title="Prefettura di Shiga – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Prefettura di Shiga" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%92%D7%94_(%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96)" title="שיגה (מחוז) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שיגה (מחוז)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9f%C3%A8ktur_Shiga" title="Préfèktur Shiga – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Préfèktur Shiga" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="სიგის პრეფექტურა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სიგის პრეფექტურა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkoa_wa_Shiga" title="Mkoa wa Shiga – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mkoa wa Shiga" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga%C3%ABnsis" title="Shigaënsis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Shigaënsis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigas_prefekt%C5%ABra" title="Sigas prefektūra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Sigas prefektūra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0igos_prefekt%C5%ABra" title="Šigos prefektūra – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šigos prefektūra" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siga_prefekt%C3%BAra" title="Siga prefektúra – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Siga prefektúra" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Шига (префектура) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Шига (префектура)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="शिगा प्रांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="शिगा प्रांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_Shiga" title="Wilayah Shiga – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wilayah Shiga" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%92%EA%AF%A5_%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%9D%EA%AF%88%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%A2" title="ꯁꯤꯒꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯁꯤꯒꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga-g%C3%A2ing" title="Shiga-gâing – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Shiga-gâing" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Шига – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Шига" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_(prefectuur)" title="Shiga (prefectuur) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Shiga (prefectuur)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BB%8B%E8%B3%80%E7%9C%8C" title="滋賀県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="滋賀県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Сига (префектура) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Сига (префектура)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_(Prefekt%C3%BC%C3%BCr)" title="Shiga (Prefektüür) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Shiga (Prefektüür)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_(prefektur)" title="Shiga (prefektur) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Shiga (prefektur)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7" title="ضلع شیگا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع شیگا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektura_Shiga" title="Prefektura Shiga – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Prefektura Shiga" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga" title="Shiga – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Shiga" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_Shiga" title="Prefectura Shiga – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Prefectura Shiga" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Сига – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сига" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_Prefectur" title="Shiga Prefectur – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Shiga Prefectur" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%82%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%BA" title="ෂිගා ප්‍රාන්තය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ෂිගා ප්‍රාන්තය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_Prefecture" title="Shiga Prefecture – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Shiga Prefecture" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iga_(prefekt%C3%BAra)" title="Šiga (prefektúra) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Šiga (prefektúra)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7" title="پارێزگای شیگا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پارێزگای شیگا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Префектура Шига – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Префектура Шига" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektura_Shiga" title="Prefektura Shiga – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Prefektura Shiga" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9f%C3%A9ktur_Shiga" title="Préféktur Shiga – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Préféktur Shiga" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigan_prefektuuri" title="Shigan prefektuuri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Shigan prefektuuri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_prefektur" title="Shiga prefektur – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Shiga prefektur" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepektura_ng_Shiga" title="Prepektura ng Shiga – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Prepektura ng Shiga" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Сига (префектура) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Сига (префектура)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B0" title="จังหวัดชิงะ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดชิงะ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Устони Шига – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Устони Шига" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga" title="Shiga – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Shiga" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%96%D2%91%D0%B0" title="Префектура Сіґа – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Префектура Сіґа" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%A9%DA%86%D8%B1" title="شیگا پریفیکچر – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="شیگا پریفیکچر" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga" title="Shiga – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Shiga" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BB%8B%E8%B3%80%E7%B8%A3" title="滋賀縣 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="滋賀縣" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiga_(prefektura)" title="Shiga (prefektura) – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Shiga (prefektura)" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BB%8B%E8%B4%BA%E5%8E%BF" title="滋贺县 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="滋贺县" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BB%8B%E8%B3%80%E7%B8%A3" title="滋賀縣 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="滋賀縣" data-language-autonym="粵語" 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Shiga Prefecture</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">滋賀県</span></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefecture</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Japanese transcription(s)</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">滋賀県</span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese" title="Romanization of Japanese">Rōmaji</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shiga-ken</i></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The floating pavilion of Mangetsu-ji on the shores of Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture"><img alt="The floating pavilion of Mangetsu-ji on the shores of Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg/250px-Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg/375px-Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg/500px-Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">The floating pavilion of <a href="/wiki/Mangetsu-ji" title="Mangetsu-ji">Mangetsu-ji</a> on the shores of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biwa" title="Lake Biwa">Lake Biwa</a>, the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctsu" title="Ōtsu">Otsu</a> 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_25_Shiga_prefecture.svg/375px-Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_25_Shiga_prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_25_Shiga_prefecture.svg/500px-Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_25_Shiga_prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Japan</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan" title="List of regions of Japan">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Japan" title="List of islands of Japan">Island</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu">Honshu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_Japan" title="List of capitals in Japan">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctsu" title="Ōtsu">Ōtsu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Japan" title="Districts of Japan">Districts</a>: 3, <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Japan" title="Municipalities of Japan">Municipalities</a>: 19</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_prefectural_governors_in_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prefectural governors in Japan">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Taiz%C5%8D_Mikazuki" title="Taizō Mikazuki">Taizō Mikazuki</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,017.38 km<sup>2</sup> (1,551.12 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_prefectures_by_area" title="List of Japanese prefectures by area">38th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(October 1, 2015)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,412,916</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_prefectures_by_population" title="List of Japanese prefectures by population">28th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">350/km<sup>2</sup> (910/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/JP%C2%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="JP¥">JP¥</a> 6,923 billion<br /><a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a> 63.5 billion (2019)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">JP-25</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pref.shiga.lg.jp/multilingual/english/index.html">http://www.pref.shiga.lg.jp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1141396924">.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-none{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-center{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-title{font-size:120%}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-subheader{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cddeff}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-island{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cef2e0}</style></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Symbols of Japan</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="height:0px"></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bird</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Little_grebe" title="Little grebe">Little grebe</a> (<i>Tachybaptus ruficollis</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rhododendron" title="Rhododendron">Rhododendron</a> (<i>Rhododendron metternichii</i> var. <i>hondoense</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tree</th><td class="infobox-data">Japanese <a href="/wiki/Maple" title="Maple">maple</a> (<i>Acer palmatum</i>)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shiga Prefecture</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">滋賀県</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><i>Shiga-ken</i></i></span>)</span> is a landlocked <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">prefecture</a> of Japan located in the <a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu">Honshu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 as of 1 October 2015 and has a geographic area of 4,017 km<sup>2</sup> (1,551 sq mi). Shiga Prefecture borders <a href="/wiki/Fukui_Prefecture" title="Fukui Prefecture">Fukui Prefecture</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Gifu_Prefecture" title="Gifu Prefecture">Gifu Prefecture</a> to the northeast, <a href="/wiki/Mie_Prefecture" title="Mie Prefecture">Mie Prefecture</a> to the southeast, and <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto Prefecture</a> to the west. </p><p><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctsu" title="Ōtsu">Ōtsu</a> is the capital and largest city of Shiga Prefecture, with other major cities including <a href="/wiki/Kusatsu,_Shiga" title="Kusatsu, Shiga">Kusatsu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagahama,_Shiga" title="Nagahama, Shiga">Nagahama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Higashi%C5%8Dmi" title="Higashiōmi">Higashiōmi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shiga Prefecture encircles <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biwa" title="Lake Biwa">Lake Biwa</a>, the largest <a href="/wiki/Freshwater_lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Freshwater lake">freshwater lake</a> in Japan, and 37% of the total land area is designated as <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Japan" title="List of national parks of Japan">Natural Parks</a>, the highest of any prefecture. Shiga Prefecture's southern half is located adjacent to the former capital city of <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> and forms part of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Kyoto" title="Greater Kyoto">Greater Kyoto</a>, the fourth-largest <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a> in Japan. Shiga Prefecture is home to <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmi_beef" title="Ōmi beef">Ōmi beef</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Eight_Views_of_%C5%8Cmi" title="Eight Views of Ōmi">Eight Views of Ōmi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hikone_Castle" title="Hikone Castle">Hikone Castle</a>, one of four <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Treasures_of_Japan_(castles)" title="List of National Treasures of Japan (castles)">national treasure castles</a> in Japan. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Historic_Sites_of_Shiga_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Historic Sites of Shiga Prefecture">Historic Sites of Shiga Prefecture</a></div> <p>Shiga was known as <b><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmi_Province" title="Ōmi Province">Ōmi Province</a></b> or <b>Gōshū</b> before the prefectural system was established.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Omi was a neighbor of <a href="/wiki/Nara,_Nara" class="mw-redirect" title="Nara, Nara">Nara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>, at the junction of western and eastern Japan. During the period 667 to 672, <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Tenji" title="Emperor Tenji">Emperor Tenji</a> founded a palace in Otsu. In 742, <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Sh%C5%8Dmu" title="Emperor Shōmu">Emperor Shōmu</a> founded a palace in <a href="/wiki/Shigaraki,_Shiga" title="Shigaraki, Shiga">Shigaraki</a>. In the early <a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saich%C5%8D" title="Saichō">Saichō</a> was born in the north of Otsu and founded <a href="/wiki/Enryaku-ji" title="Enryaku-ji">Enryaku-ji</a>, the center of <a href="/wiki/Tendai" title="Tendai">Tendai</a> and a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> <a href="/wiki/Historic_Monuments_of_Ancient_Kyoto_(Kyoto,_Uji_and_Otsu_Cities)" title="Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)">and monument of Ancient Kyoto</a> now. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sasaki_clan" title="Sasaki clan">Sasaki clan</a> ruled Omi, and afterward, the <a href="/wiki/Rokkaku_clan" title="Rokkaku clan">Rokkaku clan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dgoku_clan" title="Kyōgoku clan">Kyōgoku clan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Azai_clan" title="Azai clan">Azai clans</a> ruled Omi. While during the <a href="/wiki/Azuchi%E2%80%93Momoyama_period" title="Azuchi–Momoyama period">Azuchi-Momoyama period</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga" title="Oda Nobunaga">Oda Nobunaga</a> subjugated Omi and built <a href="/wiki/Azuchi_Castle" title="Azuchi Castle">Azuchi Castle</a> on the eastern shores of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biwa" title="Lake Biwa">Lake Biwa</a> in 1579. <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dd%C5%8D_Takatora" title="Tōdō Takatora">Tōdō Takatora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gam%C5%8D_Ujisato" title="Gamō Ujisato">Gamō Ujisato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oichi" title="Oichi">Oichi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yodo-dono" title="Yodo-dono">Yodo-dono</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohatsu" title="Ohatsu">Ohatsu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oeyo" title="Oeyo">Oeyo</a> were Omi notables during this period. </p><p>In 1600, <a href="/wiki/Ishida_Mitsunari" title="Ishida Mitsunari">Ishida Mitsunari</a>, born in the east of Nagahama and based in <a href="/wiki/Sawayama_Castle" title="Sawayama Castle">Sawayama Castle</a>, made war against <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Tokugawa Ieyasu</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sekigahara,_Gifu" title="Sekigahara, Gifu">Sekigahara, Gifu</a>. After the battle, Ieyasu made <a href="/wiki/Ii_Naomasa" title="Ii Naomasa">Ii Naomasa</a> a new lord of Sawayama. Naomasa established the <a href="/wiki/Hikone_Domain" title="Hikone Domain">Hikone Domain</a>, later famous for <a href="/wiki/Ii_Naosuke" title="Ii Naosuke">Ii Naosuke</a>. Ii Naosuke became the Tokugawa shogunate's <a href="/wiki/Tair%C5%8D" title="Tairō">Tairō</a> and concluded commercial treaties with the Western powers and thus ended Japan's isolation from the world in the 19th century. Besides the Hikone Domain, many domains ruled Omi such as <a href="/wiki/Zeze_Domain" title="Zeze Domain">Zeze</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Complete_map_of_Shiga_Prefecture,_1880.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Complete_map_of_Shiga_Prefecture%2C_1880.jpg/220px-Complete_map_of_Shiga_Prefecture%2C_1880.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Complete_map_of_Shiga_Prefecture%2C_1880.jpg/330px-Complete_map_of_Shiga_Prefecture%2C_1880.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Complete_map_of_Shiga_Prefecture%2C_1880.jpg/440px-Complete_map_of_Shiga_Prefecture%2C_1880.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4058" data-file-height="3499" /></a><figcaption>Map of Shiga Prefecture, 1880</figcaption></figure> <p>With the <a href="/wiki/Abolition_of_the_han_system" title="Abolition of the han system">abolition of the han system</a>, eight prefectures were formed in Omi. They were unified into Shiga Prefecture in September 1872. "Shiga Prefecture" was named after "<a href="/wiki/Shiga_District,_Shiga" title="Shiga District, Shiga">Shiga District</a>" because Otsu belonged to the district until 1898. From August 1876 to February 1881, southern Fukui Prefecture had been incorporated into Shiga Prefecture. </p><p>In 2015, Shiga Governor <a href="/wiki/Taiz%C5%8D_Mikazuki" title="Taizō Mikazuki">Taizō Mikazuki</a> conducted a survey asking citizens whether they felt it necessary to change the name of the prefecture, partly to raise its profile as a destination for domestic tourism.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_biwa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lake_biwa.jpg/220px-Lake_biwa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lake_biwa.jpg/330px-Lake_biwa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lake_biwa.jpg/440px-Lake_biwa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1399" /></a><figcaption>Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture viewed from space</figcaption></figure> <p>Shiga borders <a href="/wiki/Fukui_Prefecture" title="Fukui Prefecture">Fukui Prefecture</a> in the north, <a href="/wiki/Gifu_Prefecture" title="Gifu Prefecture">Gifu Prefecture</a> in the east, <a href="/wiki/Mie_Prefecture" title="Mie Prefecture">Mie Prefecture</a> in the southeast, and <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto Prefecture</a> in the west. </p><p>Lake Biwa, Japan's largest, is located at the center of this prefecture. It occupies one-sixth of its area. The <a href="/wiki/Seta_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Seta River">Seta River</a> flows from Lake Biwa to <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Bay" title="Osaka Bay">Osaka Bay</a> through <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>. This is the only natural river that flows out from the lake. Most other natural rivers flow into the lake. There were many lagoons around Lake Biwa, but most of them were reclaimed in 1940s. One of the preserved lagoons is the wetland<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">水郷</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">suigō</i></span>)</span> in Omihachiman, and it was selected as the first <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Landscapes_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural Landscapes of Japan">Important Cultural Landscapes</a> in 2006. </p><p>The lake divides the prefecture into four different areas: <i>Kohoku</i> (湖北, north of lake) centered Nagahama, <i>Kosei</i> (湖西, west of lake) centered <a href="/wiki/Imazu,_Shiga" title="Imazu, Shiga">Imazu</a>, <i>Kotō</i> (湖東, east of lake) centered Hikone and <i>Konan</i> (湖南, south of lake) centered Otsu. </p><p>Plains stretch to the eastern shore of Lake Biwa. The prefecture is enclosed by mountain ranges with the <a href="/wiki/Hira_Mountains" title="Hira Mountains">Hira Mountains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Hiei" title="Mount Hiei">Mount Hiei</a> in the west, the <a href="/wiki/Ibuki_Mountains" title="Ibuki Mountains">Ibuki Mountains</a> in the northeast, and the <a href="/wiki/Suzuka_Mountains" title="Suzuka Mountains">Suzuka Mountains</a> in the southeast. <a href="/wiki/Mount_Ibuki" title="Mount Ibuki">Mount Ibuki</a> is the highest mountain in Shiga. In <a href="/wiki/Yogo,_Shiga" title="Yogo, Shiga">Yogo</a>, a small lake is famous for the legend of the heavenly robe of an angel<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">天女の羽衣</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Tennin" title="Tennin">tennyo</a> no hagoromo</i></span>)</span>, which is similar to a western <a href="/wiki/Swan_maiden" title="Swan maiden">Swan maiden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shiga's climate sharply varies between north and south. Southern Shiga is usually warm, but northern Shiga is typically cold with high snowfall and hosts many skiing grounds. In Nakanokawachi, the northernmost village of Shiga, snow reached a depth of 5.6 metres (18 ft) in 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 1 April 2014, 37% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Japan#History" title="List of national parks of Japan">Natural Parks</a> (the highest total of any prefecture), namely the <a href="/wiki/Biwako_Quasi-National_Park" title="Biwako Quasi-National Park">Biwako</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suzuka_Quasi-National_Park" title="Suzuka Quasi-National Park">Suzuka</a> Quasi-National Parks; and <a href="/wiki/Kot%C5%8D_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Kotō Prefectural Natural Park">Kotō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kutsuki-Katsuragawa_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Kutsuki-Katsuragawa Prefectural Natural Park">Kutsuki-Katsuragawa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mikami-Tanakami-Shigaraki_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Mikami-Tanakami-Shigaraki Prefectural Natural Park">Mikami-Tanakami-Shigaraki</a> Prefectural Natural Parks.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Shiga_Prefecture_by_population" title="List of cities in Shiga Prefecture by population">List of cities in Shiga Prefecture by population</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Map_of_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/220px-Map_of_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="344" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Map_of_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/330px-Map_of_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Map_of_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/440px-Map_of_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a><figcaption>Map of Shiga Prefecture<br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#EAB; color:#EAB;">    </span> City</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ED9; color:#ED9;">    </span> Town</span></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hikonecity_center_area_No,1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Hikonecity_center_area_No%2C1.JPG/220px-Hikonecity_center_area_No%2C1.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Hikonecity_center_area_No%2C1.JPG/330px-Hikonecity_center_area_No%2C1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Hikonecity_center_area_No%2C1.JPG/440px-Hikonecity_center_area_No%2C1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1876" data-file-height="440" /></a><figcaption>Hikone</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_from_Nagahama-castle.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/View_from_Nagahama-castle.JPG/220px-View_from_Nagahama-castle.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/View_from_Nagahama-castle.JPG/330px-View_from_Nagahama-castle.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/View_from_Nagahama-castle.JPG/440px-View_from_Nagahama-castle.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5328" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Nagahama</figcaption></figure> <p>Thirteen cities are located in Shiga Prefecture: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th rowspan="2">Area (km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th rowspan="2">Population </th> <th rowspan="2">Population density (per km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th rowspan="2">Map </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese" title="Romanization of Japanese">Rōmaji</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">Kanji</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Higashiomi,_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_Higashiomi%2C_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Higashiomi%2C_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_Higashiomi%2C_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Higashiomi%2C_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_Higashiomi%2C_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Higashiomi%2C_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Higashi%C5%8Dmi" title="Higashiōmi">Higashiōmi</a> </td> <td>東近江市 </td> <td>388.58 </td> <td>113,460 </td> <td>291.99 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Higashiomi_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Higashiomi_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Higashiomi_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Higashiomi_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Higashiomi_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Higashiomi_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Higashiomi_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Hikone,_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Hikone%2C_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Hikone%2C_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Hikone%2C_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Hikone%2C_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Hikone%2C_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Hikone%2C_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Hikone,_Shiga" title="Hikone, Shiga">Hikone</a> </td> <td>彦根市 </td> <td>196.84 </td> <td>113,349 </td> <td>575.84 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Hikone_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Hikone_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Hikone_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Hikone_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Hikone_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Koka_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Koka_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Koka_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Koka_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Koka_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Koka_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Koka_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Konan_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Konan_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Konan_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Konan_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Konan_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Konan_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Konan_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Konan,_Shiga" title="Konan, Shiga">Konan</a> </td> <td>湖南市 </td> <td>70.4 </td> <td>54,240 </td> <td>770.46 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Konan_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Konan_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Konan_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Konan_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Konan_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kusatsu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Kusatsu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Kusatsu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Kusatsu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Kusatsu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Kusatsu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Kusatsu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Maibara_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Maibara_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Maibara_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Maibara_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Maibara_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Maibara_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Maibara_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Maibara,_Shiga" title="Maibara, Shiga">Maibara</a> </td> <td>米原市 </td> <td>250.46 </td> <td>38,473 </td> <td>153.61 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Maibara_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Maibara_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Maibara_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Maibara_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Maibara_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Moriyama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Moriyama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Moriyama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Moriyama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Moriyama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Moriyama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Moriyama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nagahama,_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Nagahama%2C_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nagahama%2C_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Nagahama%2C_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Nagahama%2C_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Nagahama%2C_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Nagahama%2C_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Nagahama,_Shiga" title="Nagahama, Shiga">Nagahama</a> </td> <td>長浜市 </td> <td>680.79 </td> <td>119,043 </td> <td>174.86 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Nagahama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Nagahama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Nagahama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Nagahama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Nagahama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Nagahama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Nagahama_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Omihachiman,_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Omihachiman%2C_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Omihachiman%2C_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Omihachiman%2C_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Omihachiman%2C_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Omihachiman%2C_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Omihachiman%2C_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmihachiman" title="Ōmihachiman">Ōmihachiman</a> </td> <td>近江八幡市 </td> <td>177.45 </td> <td>82,116 </td> <td>462.76 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Omihachiman_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Omihachiman_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Omihachiman_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Omihachiman_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Omihachiman_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Omihachiman_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Omihachiman_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Otsu,_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Otsu%2C_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Otsu%2C_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Otsu%2C_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Otsu%2C_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Flag_of_Otsu%2C_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Otsu%2C_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctsu" title="Ōtsu">Ōtsu</a> (capital) </td> <td>大津市 </td> <td>464.51 </td> <td>341,187 </td> <td>734.51 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Otsu_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Otsu_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Otsu_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Otsu_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Otsu_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/File:Ritto_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Ritto_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Ritto_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Ritto_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Ritto_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Ritto_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Ritto_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Takashima,_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Takashima%2C_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Takashima%2C_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Takashima%2C_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Takashima%2C_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Takashima%2C_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Takashima%2C_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Takashima,_Shiga" title="Takashima, Shiga">Takashima</a> </td> <td>高島市 </td> <td>693 </td> <td>49,168 </td> <td>70.95 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Takashima_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Takashima_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Takashima_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Takashima_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Takashima_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Takashima_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Takashima_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yasu,_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Yasu%2C_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Yasu%2C_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Yasu%2C_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Yasu%2C_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Yasu%2C_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Yasu%2C_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Yasu,_Shiga" title="Yasu, Shiga">Yasu</a> </td> <td>野洲市 </td> <td>80.15 </td> <td>50,233 </td> <td>626.74 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Yasu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yasu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Yasu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yasu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Yasu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yasu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Yasu_in_Shiga_prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns">Towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are the towns in each <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Japan" title="Districts of Japan">district</a>: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th rowspan="2">Area (km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th rowspan="2">Population </th> <th rowspan="2">Population density (per km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th rowspan="2">District </th> <th rowspan="2">Map </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese" title="Romanization of Japanese">Rōmaji</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">Kanji</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Aisho_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Aisho_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Aisho_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Aisho_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Aisho_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Aisho_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Aisho_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Aish%C5%8D,_Shiga" title="Aishō, Shiga">Aishō</a> </td> <td>愛荘町 </td> <td>37.98 </td> <td>20,730 </td> <td>545.81 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Echi_District,_Shiga" title="Echi District, Shiga">Echi District</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Aisho_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Aisho_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Aisho_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Aisho_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Aisho_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Aisho_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Aisho_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Hino_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_Hino_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Hino_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_Hino_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Hino_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_Hino_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Hino_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Hino,_Shiga" title="Hino, Shiga">Hino</a> </td> <td>日野町 </td> <td>117.63 </td> <td>21,677 </td> <td>184.28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gam%C5%8D_District,_Shiga" title="Gamō District, Shiga">Gamō District</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Hino_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Hino_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Hino_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Hino_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Hino_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Hino_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Hino_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_K%C5%8Dra,_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flag_of_K%C5%8Dra%2C_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_K%C5%8Dra%2C_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flag_of_K%C5%8Dra%2C_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_K%C5%8Dra%2C_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flag_of_K%C5%8Dra%2C_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_K%C5%8Dra%2C_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dra,_Shiga" title="Kōra, Shiga">Kōra</a> </td> <td>甲良町 </td> <td>13.66 </td> <td>6,932 </td> <td>507.47 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inukami_District,_Shiga" title="Inukami District, Shiga">Inukami District</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kora_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Kora_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Kora_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Kora_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Kora_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Kora_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Kora_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ryuo,_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Ryuo%2C_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Ryuo%2C_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Ryuo%2C_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Ryuo%2C_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Ryuo%2C_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ryuo%2C_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%AB%C5%8D,_Shiga" title="Ryūō, Shiga">Ryūō</a> </td> <td>竜王町 </td> <td>44.52 </td> <td>12,130 </td> <td>272.46 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gam%C5%8D_District,_Shiga" title="Gamō District, Shiga">Gamō District</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryuo_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Ryuo_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Ryuo_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Ryuo_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Ryuo_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Ryuo_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Ryuo_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Taga,_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Flag_of_Taga%2C_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Taga%2C_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Flag_of_Taga%2C_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Taga%2C_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Flag_of_Taga%2C_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Taga%2C_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Taga,_Shiga" title="Taga, Shiga">Taga</a> </td> <td>多賀町 </td> <td>135.93 </td> <td>7,382 </td> <td>54.31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inukami_District,_Shiga" title="Inukami District, Shiga">Inukami District</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Taga_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Taga_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Taga_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Taga_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Taga_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Taga_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Taga_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Toyosato,_Shiga.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_Toyosato%2C_Shiga.svg/25px-Flag_of_Toyosato%2C_Shiga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_Toyosato%2C_Shiga.svg/38px-Flag_of_Toyosato%2C_Shiga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_Toyosato%2C_Shiga.svg/50px-Flag_of_Toyosato%2C_Shiga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Toyosato,_Shiga" title="Toyosato, Shiga">Toyosato</a> </td> <td>豊郷町 </td> <td>7.78 </td> <td>7,588 </td> <td>975.32 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inukami_District,_Shiga" title="Inukami District, Shiga">Inukami District</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Toyosato_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Toyosato_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/50px-Toyosato_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Toyosato_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/75px-Toyosato_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Toyosato_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg/100px-Toyosato_in_Shiga_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mergers">Mergers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mergers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mergers_in_Shiga_Prefecture" title="List of mergers in Shiga Prefecture">List of mergers in Shiga Prefecture</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shiga_Prefectural_Government_Office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Shiga_Prefectural_Government_Office.jpg/220px-Shiga_Prefectural_Government_Office.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Shiga_Prefectural_Government_Office.jpg/330px-Shiga_Prefectural_Government_Office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Shiga_Prefectural_Government_Office.jpg/440px-Shiga_Prefectural_Government_Office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4447" data-file-height="3332" /></a><figcaption>The prefectural government building in Ōtsu City</figcaption></figure> <p>The current governor of Shiga is <a href="/wiki/Taiz%C5%8D_Mikazuki" title="Taizō Mikazuki">Taizō Mikazuki</a>, a former member of the House of Representatives from Shiga (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Japan" title="Democratic Party of Japan">DPJ</a>, 3rd district), who was narrowly <a href="/wiki/2014_Shiga_gubernatorial_election" title="2014 Shiga gubernatorial election">elected in July 2014</a> with center-left support against ex-METI-bureaucrat <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Koyari" title="Takashi Koyari">Takashi Koyari</a> (supported by the center-right national-level ruling parties) to succeed governor <a href="/wiki/Yukiko_Kada" title="Yukiko Kada">Yukiko Kada</a>. In June 2018, he was <a href="/wiki/2018_Shiga_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Shiga gubernatorial election">overwhelmingly reelected to a second term</a> against only one, Communist challenger.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefectural_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shiga Prefectural Assembly (page does not exist)">prefectural assembly</a> has 44 members from 16 electoral districts, and is still elected in unified local elections (last round: <a href="/wiki/2019_Japanese_unified_local_elections" title="2019 Japanese unified local elections">2019</a>). As of July 2019, the assembly was composed by caucus as follows: <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Democratic Party of Japan">LDP</a> 20 members, Team Shiga (<a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Democratic_Party_of_Japan" title="Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan">CDP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_for_the_People" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party for the People">DPP</a>, former Kada supporters etc.) 14, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Communist_Party" title="Japanese Communist Party">JCP</a> 4, Sazanami Club (of independents) 3, <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dmeit%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Kōmeitō">Kōmeitō</a> 2, "independent"/non-attached 1.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/National_Diet" title="National Diet">National Diet</a>, Shiga is represented by four directly elected members of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a> and two (one per ordinary election) of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a>. For the proportional representation segment of the lower house, the prefecture forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Kinki_proportional_representation_block" title="Kinki proportional representation block">Kinki block</a>. After the national elections of <a href="/wiki/2016_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2016 Japanese House of Councillors election">2016</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Japanese_House_of_Representatives_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2017 Japanese House of Representatives election (page does not exist)">2017</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2019 Japanese House of Councillors election">2019</a>, the directly elected delegation to the Diet from Shiga consists of (as of August 1, 2019): </p> <ul><li>in the House of Representatives <ul><li>for the <a href="/wiki/Shiga_1st_district" title="Shiga 1st district">1st district</a> in the west: <a href="/wiki/Toshitaka_%C5%8Coka" title="Toshitaka Ōoka">Toshitaka Ōoka</a>, LDP, 3rd term,</li> <li>for the <a href="/wiki/Shiga_2nd_district" title="Shiga 2nd district">2nd district</a> in the northeast: <a href="/wiki/Ken%27ichir%C5%8D_Ueno" class="mw-redirect" title="Ken'ichirō Ueno">Ken'ichirō Ueno</a>, LDP, 4th term,</li> <li>for the <a href="/wiki/Shiga_3rd_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiga 3rd district">3rd district</a> on the southern shores of Lake Biwa: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nobuhide_Takemura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nobuhide Takemura (page does not exist)">Nobuhide Takemura</a>, LDP, 3rd term,</li> <li>for the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_4th_district&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shiga 4th district (page does not exist)">4th district</a> in the southeast: <a href="/wiki/Hiroo_Kotera" title="Hiroo Kotera">Hiroo Kotera</a>, LDP, 1st term,</li></ul></li> <li>in the House of Councillors (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_At-large_district&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shiga At-large district (page does not exist)">Shiga At-large district</a>) <ul><li>in the class of 2016 (term ends 2022): Takashi Koyari, LDP, 1st term,</li> <li>in the class of 2019 (term ends 2025): Yukiko Kada, independent sitting with the <a href="/wiki/Hekisuikai" title="Hekisuikai">Hekisuikai</a> caucus, 1st term.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Omihachiman_shimmatidori01s3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Omihachiman_shimmatidori01s3200.jpg/220px-Omihachiman_shimmatidori01s3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Omihachiman_shimmatidori01s3200.jpg/330px-Omihachiman_shimmatidori01s3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Omihachiman_shimmatidori01s3200.jpg/440px-Omihachiman_shimmatidori01s3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3750" data-file-height="2500" /></a><figcaption>Merchant mansions in Omihachiman</figcaption></figure> <p>Cultivated areas occupy nearly one-sixth of the prefecture. Rice is the principal crop: over 90 percent of the farmlands are rice fields. Most farms are small, producing only a slight income. Most farmers depend on income from other sources. Eastern Shiga is famous for <a href="/wiki/Cattle_breeding" class="mw-redirect" title="Cattle breeding">cattle breeding</a> and southeastern Shiga is famous for <a href="/wiki/Green_tea" title="Green tea">green tea</a>. On Lake Biwa, some people are engaged in fishery and <a href="/wiki/Freshwater_pearl" class="mw-redirect" title="Freshwater pearl">freshwater pearl</a> farming. </p><p>Since the Medieval Period, especially in <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a>, many Shiga people were active in <a href="/wiki/Commerce" title="Commerce">commerce</a> and were called Ōmi merchants<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">近江商人</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ōmi shōnin, Ōmi akindo</i></span>)</span>, sometimes Ōmi thieves<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">近江泥棒</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ōmi dorobō</i></span>)</span> by other envious merchants. For example, <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Life" title="Nippon Life">Nippon Life</a>, <a href="/wiki/Itochu" title="Itochu">Itochu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marubeni" title="Marubeni">Marubeni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Takashimaya" title="Takashimaya">Takashimaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wacoal" title="Wacoal">Wacoal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yanmar" title="Yanmar">Yanmar</a> were founded by people from Shiga. In their home towns such as Omihachiman, Hino, <a href="/wiki/Gokash%C5%8D,_Shiga" title="Gokashō, Shiga">Gokashō</a> and Toyosato, their mansions were preserved as tourist attractions. </p><p>Beginning in the 1960s, Shiga developed industry, supporting major factories owned by companies such as <a href="/wiki/IBM_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM Japan">IBM Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canon_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon (company)">Canon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yanmar_Diesel" class="mw-redirect" title="Yanmar Diesel">Yanmar Diesel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi" title="Mitsubishi">Mitsubishi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Toray" class="mw-redirect" title="Toray">Toray</a>. According to <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office_(Japan)" title="Cabinet Office (Japan)">Cabinet Office</a>'s statistics in 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</a> sector accounted for 35.4% of Gross Shiga Product, the highest proportion in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-best_scores_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-best_scores-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traditional industries include textiles, <a href="/wiki/Shigaraki_ware" title="Shigaraki ware">Shigaraki ware</a>, <a href="/wiki/Butsudan" title="Butsudan">Butsudan</a> in Hikone and Nagahama, medicines in Koka, and fan ribs in <a href="/wiki/Adogawa,_Shiga" title="Adogawa, Shiga">Adogawa</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shiga_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Shiga_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg/220px-Shiga_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Shiga_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg/330px-Shiga_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Shiga_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg/440px-Shiga_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2695" data-file-height="2197" /></a><figcaption>Shiga prefecture population pyramid in 2020</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1920 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">651,050</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1930 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">691,631</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1940 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">703,679</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1950 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">861,180</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+22.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">842,695</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−2.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">889,768</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,079,898</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+21.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,222,411</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+13.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,342,832</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,410,777</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+5.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,412,916</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.pref.shiga.lg.jp/data/population/renew/index.html#nenp">[1]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The population is concentrated along the southern shore of Lake Biwa in Otsu city (adjacent to Kyoto) and along the lake's eastern shore in cities such as Kusatsu and Moriyama, which are <a href="/wiki/Greater_Kyoto" title="Greater Kyoto">within commuting distance to Kyoto</a>. The lake's western and northern shores are more rural and resort-oriented with white sand beaches. In recent years, many Brazilians settled in Shiga to work in nearby factories. 25,040 foreigners live in Shiga and 30% of foreigners were Brazilians as of December 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sagawa_art_museum01s3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Sagawa_art_museum01s3200.jpg/220px-Sagawa_art_museum01s3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Sagawa_art_museum01s3200.jpg/330px-Sagawa_art_museum01s3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Sagawa_art_museum01s3200.jpg/440px-Sagawa_art_museum01s3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2142" /></a><figcaption>Sagawa Art Museum</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Biwa_Aquarium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Lake_Biwa_Aquarium.jpg/220px-Lake_Biwa_Aquarium.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Lake_Biwa_Aquarium.jpg/330px-Lake_Biwa_Aquarium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Lake_Biwa_Aquarium.jpg/440px-Lake_Biwa_Aquarium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3344" data-file-height="2224" /></a><figcaption>Aquarium of Lake Biwa Museum</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Biwa,_Shiga" title="Biwa, Shiga">Biwa Town</a> (now a part of Nagahama) is a home of The <a href="/wiki/Tonda_Traditional_Bunraku_Puppet_Troupe" title="Tonda Traditional Bunraku Puppet Troupe">Tonda Traditional Bunraku Puppet Troupe</a>. Founded in the 1830s, the group is one of the most active traditional <i><a href="/wiki/Bunraku" title="Bunraku">Bunraku</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_puppet_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese puppet theater">puppet theaters</a> in Japan outside the National Theater in Osaka. Toyosato and Higashiomi are known to a mecca of <a href="/wiki/Goshu_ondo" class="mw-redirect" title="Goshu ondo">Goshu ondo</a>. </p><p>Museums include the <a href="/wiki/Sagawa_Art_Museum" title="Sagawa Art Museum">Sagawa Art Museum</a> in Moriyama, the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biwa_Museum" title="Lake Biwa Museum">Lake Biwa Museum</a> in Kusatsu and the <a href="/wiki/Miho_Museum" title="Miho Museum">Miho Museum</a> in Kōka. In Kōka, a ninja house is preserved as a visitor center.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since ancient times, Shigans have eaten fish from Lake Biwa. The most famous lake-food is <a href="/wiki/Narezushi" class="mw-redirect" title="Narezushi">fermented sushi</a> of <a href="/wiki/Crucian_carp" title="Crucian carp">crucian carp</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">鮒寿司</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">funa-zushi</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span>. It retains the ancient style of sushi and has a pungent odor. Shiga is also famous for high quality <a href="/wiki/Wagy%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wagyū">wagyū</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmi_beef" title="Ōmi beef">Ōmi beef</a>. The Hikone Domain presented beef as medicinal food to shōguns.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, <i><a href="/wiki/Tsukemono" title="Tsukemono">tsukemono</a></i> of root crops, <a href="/wiki/Mallard" title="Mallard">mallard</a> <a href="/wiki/Nabemono" title="Nabemono">nabe</a> or mallard <a href="/wiki/Sukiyaki" title="Sukiyaki">sukiyaki</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B4%A8%E9%8D%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:鴨鍋">鴨鍋</a> or 鴨すき</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">kamo-nabe or kamo-suki</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> in northern Shiga, red colored <a href="/wiki/Konjac" class="mw-redirect" title="Konjac">konjac</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">赤こんにゃく</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">aka konnyaku</i></span>)</span> in Omihachiman, <a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dmen" title="Sōmen">sōmen</a> with grilled <a href="/wiki/Mackerel" title="Mackerel">mackerel</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%84%BC%E9%AF%96%E7%B4%A0%E9%BA%BA" class="extiw" title="ja:焼鯖素麺">焼鯖素麺</a></span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">yaki-saba sōmen</i></span>)</span> in Nagahama, and lightly seasoned <a href="/wiki/Champon" title="Champon">champon</a> in Hikone are examples of specific cuisine in Shiga. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 175.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 173.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fish_from_Lake_Biwa_for_sale_at_a_fish_store_in_Otsu,_Shiga,_Japan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A fish store in Ōtsu"><img alt="A fish store in Ōtsu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Fish_from_Lake_Biwa_for_sale_at_a_fish_store_in_Otsu%2C_Shiga%2C_Japan.jpg/260px-Fish_from_Lake_Biwa_for_sale_at_a_fish_store_in_Otsu%2C_Shiga%2C_Japan.jpg" decoding="async" width="174" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Fish_from_Lake_Biwa_for_sale_at_a_fish_store_in_Otsu%2C_Shiga%2C_Japan.jpg/390px-Fish_from_Lake_Biwa_for_sale_at_a_fish_store_in_Otsu%2C_Shiga%2C_Japan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Fish_from_Lake_Biwa_for_sale_at_a_fish_store_in_Otsu%2C_Shiga%2C_Japan.jpg/520px-Fish_from_Lake_Biwa_for_sale_at_a_fish_store_in_Otsu%2C_Shiga%2C_Japan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2024" data-file-height="1402" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A fish store in Ōtsu</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 154.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 152.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Funazushi_%E9%AE%92%E5%AF%BF%E5%8F%B8_Maibara_City_Shiga_Japan_2022-10-06.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Funa-zushi – fermented crucian carp"><img alt="Funa-zushi – fermented crucian carp" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Funazushi_%E9%AE%92%E5%AF%BF%E5%8F%B8_Maibara_City_Shiga_Japan_2022-10-06.jpg/229px-Funazushi_%E9%AE%92%E5%AF%BF%E5%8F%B8_Maibara_City_Shiga_Japan_2022-10-06.jpg" decoding="async" width="153" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Funazushi_%E9%AE%92%E5%AF%BF%E5%8F%B8_Maibara_City_Shiga_Japan_2022-10-06.jpg/344px-Funazushi_%E9%AE%92%E5%AF%BF%E5%8F%B8_Maibara_City_Shiga_Japan_2022-10-06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Funazushi_%E9%AE%92%E5%AF%BF%E5%8F%B8_Maibara_City_Shiga_Japan_2022-10-06.jpg/458px-Funazushi_%E9%AE%92%E5%AF%BF%E5%8F%B8_Maibara_City_Shiga_Japan_2022-10-06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1954" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Funa-zushi</i> – fermented <a href="/wiki/Crucian_carp" title="Crucian carp">crucian carp</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sabasomen1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nagahama yaki-saba sōmen"><img alt="Nagahama yaki-saba sōmen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Sabasomen1.jpg/240px-Sabasomen1.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Sabasomen1.jpg/360px-Sabasomen1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Sabasomen1.jpg/480px-Sabasomen1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1095" data-file-height="821" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Nagahama yaki-saba sōmen</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 160.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 158.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hikone_okabe_champon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hikone champon"><img alt="Hikone champon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Hikone_okabe_champon.jpg/238px-Hikone_okabe_champon.jpg" decoding="async" width="159" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Hikone_okabe_champon.jpg/356px-Hikone_okabe_champon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Hikone_okabe_champon.jpg/475px-Hikone_okabe_champon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1446" data-file-height="1096" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hikone champon</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mass_media">Mass media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Mass media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Biwako_Broadcasting" title="Biwako Broadcasting">Biwako Broadcasting</a> broadcasts local TV programs. <a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a> has a broadcasting station in Otsu. Shiga is the only prefecture which has no regional newspapers. <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Shimbun" title="Kyoto Shimbun">Kyoto Shimbun</a> is a de facto regional newspaper of Shiga. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_University_of_Shiga_Prefecture.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/The_University_of_Shiga_Prefecture.JPG/220px-The_University_of_Shiga_Prefecture.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/The_University_of_Shiga_Prefecture.JPG/330px-The_University_of_Shiga_Prefecture.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/The_University_of_Shiga_Prefecture.JPG/440px-The_University_of_Shiga_Prefecture.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>University of Shiga Prefecture</figcaption></figure> <p>Ten universities, two junior colleges, and a learning center of <a href="/wiki/The_Open_University_of_Japan" title="The Open University of Japan">The Open University of Japan</a> operate in Shiga.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Newton_College_(Japan)" title="Newton College (Japan)">Biwako-Gakuin University</a> (Higashiomi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biwako_Seikei_Sport_College" title="Biwako Seikei Sport College">Biwako Seikei Sport College</a> (Otsu)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagahama_Institute_of_Bio-Science_and_Technology" title="Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology">Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology</a> (Nagahama)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritsumeikan_University" title="Ritsumeikan University">Ritsumeikan University</a> (Kyoto and Kusatsu)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryukoku_University" title="Ryukoku University">Ryukoku University</a> (Kyoto and Otsu)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seian_University_of_Art_and_Design" title="Seian University of Art and Design">Seian University of Art and Design</a> (Otsu)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seisen_University_(Shiga)" title="Seisen University (Shiga)">Seisen University</a> (Hikone)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiga_Bunkyo_Junior_College" title="Shiga Bunkyo Junior College">Shiga Bunkyo Junior College</a> (Nagahama)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiga_Junior_College" title="Shiga Junior College">Shiga Junior College</a> (Otsu)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiga_University" title="Shiga University">Shiga University</a> (Hikone and <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctsu" title="Ōtsu">Ōtsu</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiga_University_of_Medical_Science" title="Shiga University of Medical Science">Shiga University of Medical Science</a> (Otsu)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Shiga_Prefecture" title="University of Shiga Prefecture">University of Shiga Prefecture</a> (Hikone)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following sports teams are based in Shiga. </p> <ul><li>Basketball: Shiga LakeStars</li> <li>Football (soccer): <a href="/wiki/MIO_Biwako_Kusatsu" class="mw-redirect" title="MIO Biwako Kusatsu">MIO Biwako Kusatsu</a> (Kusatsu), <a href="/wiki/Sagawa_Shiga_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Sagawa Shiga F.C.">Sagawa Shiga F.C.</a> (Moriyama).</li> <li>Tennis: SHRIGGA AKA UVEAL</li> <li>Volleyball: <a href="/wiki/Toray_Arrows_(women%27s_volleyball_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toray Arrows (women's volleyball team)">Toray Arrows (women's volleyball team)</a> (Otsu)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg/220px-Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg/330px-Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg/440px-Mangetsuji_Otsu_Shiga02n4500.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Ukimidō hall at <a href="/wiki/Mangetsu-ji" title="Mangetsu-ji">Mangetsu-ji</a> temple near Katata, Ōtsu</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_-_Lake_Biwa,_Japan_-_DSC07330.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Michigan_-_Lake_Biwa%2C_Japan_-_DSC07330.JPG/220px-Michigan_-_Lake_Biwa%2C_Japan_-_DSC07330.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Michigan_-_Lake_Biwa%2C_Japan_-_DSC07330.JPG/330px-Michigan_-_Lake_Biwa%2C_Japan_-_DSC07330.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Michigan_-_Lake_Biwa%2C_Japan_-_DSC07330.JPG/440px-Michigan_-_Lake_Biwa%2C_Japan_-_DSC07330.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>From Otsu port, the Michigan paddlewheel boat offers cruises on Lake Biwa</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hikone-jo-r.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Hikone-jo-r.jpg/220px-Hikone-jo-r.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Hikone-jo-r.jpg/330px-Hikone-jo-r.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Hikone-jo-r.jpg/440px-Hikone-jo-r.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hikone_Castle" title="Hikone Castle">Hikone Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Shiga has many <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> resources, but Shiga is overshadowed by its much more famous neighbor Kyoto. Over four million foreign tourists visited Japan in 2000, but only sixty-five thousand visited Shiga.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main gateways to Shiga are the <a href="/wiki/Maibara_Station" title="Maibara Station">Maibara Station</a> in northern Shiga and the city of <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctsu" title="Ōtsu">Ōtsu</a> in the south. The Maibara Station is about 2 hours and 20 minutes away from the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Station" title="Tokyo Station">Tokyo Station</a> by the Tokaido Shinkansen. It is easy to go to Ōtsu from Kyoto and Osaka by high-speed trains. </p><p>Shiga's most prominent feature is Lake Biwa. The northern shore is especially scenic, such as the cherry blossoms of Kaizu Osaki in spring and the sacred island <a href="/wiki/Chikubu_Island" title="Chikubu Island">Chikubu-shima</a>. The western shore has white sand beaches, popular among Kyotoites during the summer. The scenery of the southern shore, particularly around Otsu, was selected as <i>Ōmi Hakkei</i> or <a href="/wiki/Eight_Views_of_%C5%8Cmi" title="Eight Views of Ōmi">Eight Views of Ōmi</a>, popularized by <a href="/wiki/Hiroshige" title="Hiroshige">Hiroshige</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ukiyo-e" title="Ukiyo-e">ukiyo-e</a>. Most of the original eight views are now almost gone or changed from centuries ago. One remaining view is the Ukimidō "floating temple" building at <a href="/wiki/Mangetsu-ji" title="Mangetsu-ji">Mangetsu-ji</a> temple in Katata, northern Ōtsu. It was reconstructed with concrete in 1937, but a small temple still stands on the lake near the shore, accessible by a short bridge. Another scene features <a href="/wiki/Ishiyama-dera" title="Ishiyama-dera">Ishiyama-dera</a> temple in southern Otsu, which is also renowned for having a room where <a href="/wiki/Murasaki_Shikibu" title="Murasaki Shikibu">Murasaki Shikibu</a> thought up the plan for some chapters of <i><a href="/wiki/Tale_of_Genji" class="mw-redirect" title="Tale of Genji">Tale of Genji</a></i>. </p><p>The mountains around the lake offer extensive views. Mount Hira is a picnic spot. Mountain roads like the Oku-Biwako Parkway road up north and the Hiei-zan Driveway and Oku-Hiei Driveway overlooking the southwestern shore. In Ōtsu, the Ōtsu Prince Hotel's Top of Otsu restaurant provides views of the lake and city. The <i>Michigan</i> paddlewheel boat offers lake cruises. </p><p>Besides the natural environment, historical buildings, and festivals, several persons of national importance hail from Shiga prefecture.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Shiga has 807 <a href="/wiki/National_Treasures_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="National Treasures of Japan">National Treasures</a> and <a href="/wiki/Important_Cultural_Properties_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Important Cultural Properties of Japan">Important Cultural Properties</a>, making it the prefecture with the fourth largest number of such properties in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-best_scores_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-best_scores-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shiga's most famous historical building is <a href="/wiki/Hikone_Castle" title="Hikone Castle">Hikone Castle</a>, one of four <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Treasures_of_Japan_(castles)" title="List of National Treasures of Japan (castles)">national treasure castles</a> in the country. The castle tower is well-preserved and has many cherry trees. The neighboring city of <a href="/wiki/Nagahama,_Shiga" title="Nagahama, Shiga">Nagahama</a> has <a href="/wiki/Nagahama,_Shiga#Sightseeing" title="Nagahama, Shiga">tourism</a> in addition to its hikiyama festival. Nearby shrines include <a href="/wiki/Hiyoshi_Taisha" title="Hiyoshi Taisha">Hiyoshi Taisha</a> in Otsu and <a href="/wiki/Taga-taisha" title="Taga-taisha">Taga-taisha</a> in Taga, which respectively head the seventh and twentieth largest <a href="/wiki/Shinto_shrine#Shrine_networks" title="Shinto shrine">shrine networks</a> in Japan, at about 4,000 shrines and 260 shrines, respectively. </p><p>Festivals include the hikiyama festival (floats parade festival), held in ten areas such as <a href="/wiki/Nagahama,_Shiga" title="Nagahama, Shiga">Nagahama</a>, Otsu, Maibara, Hino and Minakuchi. The Nagahama hikiyama festival held each April is one of the three major hikiyama festivals in Japan and was designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1979. During this festival ornate floats are mounted with miniature stages on which boys (playing both male and female roles) act in <a href="/wiki/Kabuki" title="Kabuki">kabuki</a> plays.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Higashiomi (formerly <a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkaichi,_Shiga" title="Yōkaichi, Shiga">Yōkaichi</a>) city holds a Giant Kite Festival every May along the riverbank. Ordinary people are invited to pull the rope that sends the kites aloft. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biwako_bridge1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Biwako_bridge1.jpg/220px-Biwako_bridge1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Biwako_bridge1.jpg/330px-Biwako_bridge1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Biwako_bridge1.jpg/440px-Biwako_bridge1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Biwako Ohashi Bridge</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Japan_Railway_Company" title="Central Japan Railway Company">Central Japan Railway Company</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_Shinkansen" class="mw-redirect" title="Tōkaidō Shinkansen">Tōkaidō Shinkansen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maibara_Station" title="Maibara Station">Maibara Station</a>) and Tōkaidō Main Line</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keihan_Electric_Railway" title="Keihan Electric Railway">Keihan Electric Railway</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keihan_Keishin_Line" title="Keihan Keishin Line">Keishin Line</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keihan_Ishiyama_Sakamoto_Line" title="Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line">Ishiyama Sakamoto Line</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohmi_Railway" title="Ohmi Railway">Ohmi Railway</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ohmi_Railway_Main_Line" title="Ohmi Railway Main Line">Main Line</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohmi_Railway_Y%C5%8Dkaichi_Line" title="Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line">Yōkaichi Line</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ohmi_Railway_Taga_Line" title="Ohmi Railway Taga Line">Taga Line</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakamoto_Cable" title="Sakamoto Cable">Sakamoto Cable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigaraki_K%C5%8Dgen_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Shigaraki Kōgen Railway">Shigaraki Kōgen Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Japan_Railway_Company" title="West Japan Railway Company">West Japan Railway Company</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_Main_Line" title="Tōkaidō Main Line">Tōkaidō Main Line</a> (<a href="/wiki/Biwako_Line" title="Biwako Line">Biwako Line</a>), <a href="/wiki/Hokuriku_Main_Line" title="Hokuriku Main Line">Hokuriku Main Line</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kusatsu_Line" title="Kusatsu Line">Kusatsu Line</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kosei_Line" title="Kosei Line">Kosei Line</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Meishin_Expressway" title="Meishin Expressway">Meishin Expressway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shin-Meishin_Expressway" title="Shin-Meishin Expressway">Shin-Meishin Expressway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hokuriku_Expressway" title="Hokuriku Expressway">Hokuriku Expressway</a> pass through Shiga. National highway Route <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_1" title="Japan National Route 1">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_8" title="Japan National Route 8">8</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_21" title="Japan National Route 21">21</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_8" title="Japan National Route 8">8</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_161" title="Japan National Route 161">161</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_303" title="Japan National Route 303">303</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_306" title="Japan National Route 306">306</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_307" title="Japan National Route 307">307</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_365" title="Japan National Route 365">365</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_367" title="Japan National Route 367">367</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_421" title="Japan National Route 421">421</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_422" title="Japan National Route 422">422</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_477" title="Japan National Route 477">477</a> connect with neighboring prefectures. Two bridges span southern part of Lake Biwa. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boats">Boats</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Boats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With development of land transportation in the 20th century, waterborne transportation in Lake Biwa was disused except for steamer services to islands on the lake and pleasure boats. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people_from_Shiga_Prefecture">Notable people from Shiga Prefecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notable people from Shiga Prefecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Shiga_Prefecture" title="Category:People from Shiga Prefecture">Category:People from Shiga Prefecture</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gentaro_Kawase" title="Gentaro Kawase">Gentaro Kawase</a>, president of <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Life_Insurance" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Life Insurance">Nippon Life Insurance</a> from <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmihachiman" title="Ōmihachiman">Ōmihachiman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hizaki" title="Hizaki">Hizaki</a>, a musician and songwriter, known for work as guitarist of <a href="/wiki/Versailles_(band)" title="Versailles (band)">Versailles</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakuzo_Kawamoto" title="Kakuzo Kawamoto">Kakuzo Kawamoto</a>, business executive and politician from <a href="/wiki/Takashima_District,_Shiga" title="Takashima District, Shiga">Takashima District</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kizo_Yasui" title="Kizo Yasui">Kizo Yasui</a>, business executive from <a href="/wiki/Hikone,_Shiga" title="Hikone, Shiga">Hikone, Shiga</a>. Vice-president of <a href="/wiki/Mitsui_Bank" title="Mitsui Bank">Mitsui Bank</a>, president of Mitsui Petroleum and Chemical Industries (now <a href="/wiki/Mitsui_Chemicals" title="Mitsui Chemicals">Mitsui Chemicals</a>), chairman of <a href="/wiki/Toray_Industries" title="Toray Industries">Toray Industries</a>, vice-chairman of <a href="/wiki/Nihon_Keidanren" class="mw-redirect" title="Nihon Keidanren">Nihon Keidanren</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japan_Business_Federation" title="Japan Business Federation">Japan Business Federation</a>), general manager of <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo Metropolis">Tokyo Metropolis</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ise_Shrine" title="Ise Shrine">Ise Shrine</a> Revered Board.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dsuke_Uno" title="Sōsuke Uno">Sōsuke Uno</a>, the 75th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">prime minister</a> from Moriyama. He was one of the shortest-serving prime ministers in Japan, holding office for only three months (June–August 1989).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takanori_Nishikawa" title="Takanori Nishikawa">Takanori Nishikawa</a>, a singer and actor from Hikone and Yasu. He is also active as the first Cultural Ambassador for Shiga.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_states">Sister states</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiga_Prefecture&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sister states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shiga has cooperative agreements with three states.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hunan" title="Hunan">Hunan</a>, China</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, 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