Yo!Biwako

22/06/2023

👻Only about 130 days left until Halloween!👻
Read our chilling visit of Mount Hiei at night to cool you down for the summer and get your spooks up! ⛰🌌🌝

BASED ON A TRUE STORY. A few times a year, bus companies offer night tours to Mount Hiei. One Halloween, Emily and Émilie joined one of them. This is that story.

08/06/2023

Tired of the heat and smoke?☀🌫 Want a little snow in your early winter?❄☃️
Accompany Emily and Émilie in their travels across Lake Biwa to see snow and visit Nagahama!🛳⛄️🌸

We take a cruise to enjoy Shiga’s snow-covered peaks before walking around Nagahama and seeing the plum blossom bonsai exhibit.

25/05/2023

Hi everyone!
May is almost over, and the weather is getting warmer 😎☀️ Can you believe how fast time is going?
How about exploring the seasons with our latest article? ❄️🌷☀️🍁 Emily and Émilie visit Makino over the seasons 🚶🚶🏞

We visit Makino Pic-Land, and its road lined with metasequoia, during two different seasons.

11/05/2023

Long time no see! Hope you had an interesting Golden Week!🌈☀️
Now that you're back to serious business, why not escape again for a few minutes by checking out the second half of our adventure in Higashiomi?🚀⛰⛰⛰
This time, Émilie and Emily walk around the Eigenji area🍁🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🏞

We head out to the foot of the Suzuka mountains to enjoy nature and Shiga’s second-largest dam.

21/04/2023

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This time, we visited Tarobo-gu in Higashiomi, where we met some tengu, a wasp, some big rocks, and lots of stairs!

We visit Aga Shrine, where we make protection charms, get between a rock and a hard place, and win great views from climbing stairs!

21/04/2023

Long time no see!
We've been busy, but from now on, we will try posting every two weeks. Émilie will be leaving her position as CIR at the end of July, so we hope to tell you about all our remaining adventures before then!🫶

23/06/2022

🌞Welcome to summer!🌞 Today feels like a humid 34 degrees (93 F) in Shiga 🥵
❄️Cool down❄️ with Emily and Émilie's trip to Nagahama, where we ride a snow-viewing cruise⛴, have a nice meal🥟 and see a bonsai exhibition🌸!

...We may have filmed this in February. Sometimes life happens.From Otsu to Nagahama, the Yukimisen cruise takes you past many of the defining features of Ja...

16/05/2022

Tartarugas no Rio Seta?
No relato de ciclista de hoje, passeio de bicicleta e encontro com tartarugas na província de Shiga!

Oi, pessoal! Agora que chegou a primavera, finalmente ficou quentinho o bastante pra sair de bicicleta! Graças a isso, esses dias fiz meu primeiro passeio longo em bastante tempo!

16/05/2022

Turtles at Seta River?
On today's cycling report I'm going to talk about the turtles I met in Shiga prefecture!

Hi, Guys! Now that it’s spring, it’s finally warm enough to go cycling! Thanks to that, I went recently on my first long ride in a long time! This time, I decided to ride until Omi-Ohashi bridge an…

07/03/2022

Remember our trip to Shigaraki? Here's an article about the largest tanukis in the area!

Japanese raccoon dogs are known for their large...ahem, appendages. But which one is the largest of them all?

21/01/2022

Emily and Émilie continue their adventure in Higashiomi!

Without a map or water, we follow a river, cross a dam and discover a hidden waterfall ⛰

Always bring enough water guys.Emilie and I continue our adventure in Yokaichi by visiting Eigenji Dam and a stunning waterfall!Blog post coming soon here: h...

03/12/2021

Mountain Madness!

Emily and Émilie have train mishaps, climb more stairs, fight bugs, walk through boulders, and drink in an amazing view on their visit to Tarobogu Shrine in Higashiomi!

Don't miss our video!

Always listen to train announcements, everyone! ;DEmilie and I visit Tarobogu Shrine in Yokaichi, Higashiomi via the Omi Tetsudo train line.Stay tuned for Pa...