Japan's biggest lake: Lake Biwa. It is four million years old, a source of water for 14 million people, and home to over ten aquatic creatures that are only found there.

It still supplies water, generates power and boosts tourism. Lake Biwa is Japan's largest lake and lies to the east of Kyoto in Shiga Prefecture ...

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 ...

Japan has become known for its cat islands such as Aoshima. Assassin's Creed Shadows keeps that cultural landmark with its ...

As they travel through the province of Omi in Assassin's Creed Shadows, both Naoe and Yasuke can visit the cat island of ...

Quite soon after their initial success with cultured saltwater pearls, Japanese pearl farmers experimented with freshwater mussels in Lake Biwa, a large lake near Kyoto. Initial commercial ...