Shiga Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture
滋賀県 | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Seal | |
 Shiga Prefecture in Japan | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Region | Kansai |
| Capital | Ōtsu |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Taizō Mikazuki |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,017 km2 (1,551 sq mi) |
| Population (October 1, 2020) | |
| • Total | 1,413,610 |
| • Density | 351.9/km2 (911/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| Postal code | 520-8577 |
| Area code | 25000-7 |
| ISO 3166 code | JP-25 |
| Website | Official website |
Shiga Prefecture (滋賀県, Shiga-ken) is a prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan on the island of Honshu.[1] The capital is the city of Ōtsu.[2]
History
[change | change source]Shiga used to be called Ōmi Province or Gōshū before Japan began using the prefectural system.[3]
Geography
[change | change source]Shiga borders Fukui Prefecture in the north Gifu Prefecture is in the east. Mie Prefecture is in the southeast. Kyoto Prefecture is in the west.
Lake Biwa is at the center of this prefecture. The lake divides the prefecture into four areas:
- Kohoku (湖北), north of lake and centered at Nagahama
- Kosei (湖西), west of lake and centered at Imazu
- Kotō (湖東), east of lake and centered at Hikone
- Konan (湖南), south of lake and centered at Ōtsu
Cities
[change | change source]Cities in Shiga Prefecture include
- Higashiōmi
- Hikone
- Iga
- Kōka
- Konan
- Kusatsu
- Maibara
- Moriyama
- Nagahama
- Ōtsu (capital)
- Ōmihachiman
- Rittō
- Takashima
- Yasu
National Parks
[change | change source]National Parks are established in about 37% of the total land area of the prefecture.[4]
Education
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There are ten universities, two junior colleges, and a learning center of The Open University of Japan in Shiga.[5]
- Shiga University (Hikone and Otsu)
- Shiga University of Medical Science (Otsu)
- University of Shiga Prefecture (Hikone)
- Shiga Junior College (Otsu)
- Shiga Bunkyo Junior College (Nagahama)
- Seian University of Art and Design (Otsu)
- Seisen University (Hikone)
- Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology (Nagahama)
- Biwako-Gakuin University (Higashiomi)
- Biwako-Gakuin College (Higashiomi)
- Biwako Seikei Sport College (Otsu)
- Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto and Kusatsu)
- Ryukoku University (Kyoto and Otsu)
Sister states
[change | change source]Shiga has agreements with three states.[6]
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Michigan, USA
Hunan, People's Republic of China
Shrines and Temples
[change | change source]Takebe jinja is the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) in the prefecture. [7]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shiga-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 853; "Kansai" at p. 477; JETRO, Shiga Prefecture, Regional Information Archived 2013-01-22 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-6.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Ōtsu" at p. 765.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ Japan Ministry of the Environment, "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture"; retrieved 2012-3-14.
- ↑ Shiga Prefecture. "滋賀県内の大学・短期大学" [Universities and junior colleges in Shiga prefecture] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
- ↑ Shiga Prefecture. "滋賀県の紹介（滋賀県の国際交流 姉妹・友好都市）" [Introduction of Shiga prefecture; International exchanges of Shiga, friendship sister cities] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-14.
Further reading
[change | change source]- Shiga-ken hyakka jiten (滋賀県百科事典, trans., Encyclopedia Shiga), 1984. Tokyo: Yamato Shobo.
Other websites
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Media related to Shiga prefecture at Wikimedia Commons
- Shiga Prefecture official page Archived 2013-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
- go.biwako - Travel Guide of Shiga Prefecture, Japan (Biwako Visitors Bureau)
- Shiga-ken.com
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