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It still supplies water, generates power and boosts tourism. Lake Biwa is Japan's largest lake and lies to the east of Kyoto in Shiga Prefecture ...

An annual spring Shinto festival has started at a shrine near Lake Biwa in Japan's western prefecture of Shiga. The first in a series of rituals of the Sanno Festival was held on Sunday at the ...

KYOTO -- An early pioneering work of domestic architectural modernism with exposed concrete blocks and geometric designs stands along the Lake Biwa Canal in this ancient Japanese capital's ...

When a drone made a test delivery and passed over massive Lake Biwa, it made sure to save room ... The test flight was organized by SkyLink Japan, a Kyoto-based company that sells and repairs ...

A team from Kyoto University reported in 2016 that it detected 2.6 microplastic pieces per cubic meter on average in the southern area of Lake Biwako. Microplastics were also found in nine ...