Shiga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.
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10 Facts About Shiga Prefecture
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Shiga Prefecture is home to Omi beef, the Eight Views of Omi, and Hikone Castle, one of four national treasure castles in Japan.
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Shiga Prefecture was known as Omi Province or Goshu before the prefectural system was established.
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Southern Shiga Prefecture is usually warm, but northern Shiga Prefecture is typically cold with high snowfall and hosts many skiing grounds.
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Current governor of Shiga Prefecture is Taizo Mikazuki, a former member of the House of Representatives from Shiga Prefecture, who was narrowly elected in July 2014 with center-left support against ex-METI-bureaucrat Takashi Koyari to succeed governor Yukiko Kada.
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Eastern Shiga Prefecture is famous for cattle breeding and southeastern Shiga Prefecture is famous for green tea.
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Since the Medieval Period, especially in Edo period, many Shiga Prefecture people were active in commerce and were called Omi merchants, sometimes Omi thieves by other envious merchants.
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Shiga Prefecture has many tourism resources, but Shiga Prefecture is overshadowed by its much more famous neighbor Kyoto.
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Main gateways to Shiga Prefecture are the Maibara Station in northern Shiga Prefecture and the city of Otsu in the south.
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Shiga Prefecture has 807 National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties, that ranks the fourth large number in Japan.
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