Shiga
Shiga Prefecture (Shiga-ken) is located in the Kinki region on Honshu island,
Japan. The capital is the city of Otsu. Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake,
is located at the center of Shiga. Shiga's most famous building is Hikone
Castle,Shiga's second-most famous building is Ishiyama Temple in Otsu.
It has a room where one of Japan's most famous novels was written: Genji
Monogatari or Tale of Genji written by Murasaki Shikibu.
- Prefectural Symbols
- Shiga Flower is Rhododendron (Rhododendron metternichii var. hondoense)
- Shiga Tree is Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
- Shiga Bird is Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
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