A young girl named Biwa is the heroine of “Heike Monogatari” (The Heike Story), a Japanese anime series. In the series, based on a medieval Japanese war epic called "The Tale of the Heike," Biwa ...

Waking Up To This View Lake Biwa Japan A peaceful morning moment waking up to scenic views of Lake Biwa in Japan, capturing ...

One day in 2021, veteran diver Kazumi Fujimoto was exploring Lake Biwa in search of ruins. Japan’s largest lake, and the third oldest in the world, contains over 100 historic lakebed sites concealed ...

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

Snails may look slow and sleepy, but evolutionarily the freshwater mollusks in Lake Biwa have been busy. However, despite evidence of morphological and genetic variation, new species divergence long ...

Abundant water makes for beautiful scenery, and Lake Biwa also serves as a reservoir for the Kansai region. Most of the water used in the city of Kyoto is drawn from this lake. Meanwhile, the whole of ...

Biwa-ko (琵琶湖), known as Lake Biwa in English, is one of the largest lakes in Japan and is the only ancient lake of the archipelago that has been around for approximately 4 million years. Biwa-ko is ...

Biwa Hayahide is one of the strongest horse girls in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, and her abilities as a Medium/Long-distance Pace Chaser sets her apart from the rest of the game's roster. Biwa Hayahide ...

Often puzzling but ultimately fascinating, Marko Raat’s new otherworldly feature observes a religious community seeking the love they are missing in all the wrong places. For starters, Raat took the ...

Seasonal fruits and vegetables are plentiful in Japan, and so here I am doing what I do best — tweaking recipes to come up with food I truly miss. Today, I’m introducing one very special fruit I’ve ...