THE PLIGHT OF THE BURMESE PEOPLE
As if the Burmese people hadn't enough to contend with by being brutally ruled by a Junta of military criminals, they now have to contend with one of the worst natural disasters ever to occur in the region. With a bit of luck this will spell the end of the general's rule as it appears that they don't have the resources to deal with the disaster. Hopefully, the world's aid agencies will get in there as quickly as possibe and do what they can to alleviate the suffering on the ground.
The Sagicho Matsuri is a festival of 13 colorful Sagicho floats painstakingly made with edible materials mounted on a straw and wooden base. These works...
豊臣秀次が築いた城下 を基礎に中世・近世は商業都市として発展した。所謂「近江商人」発祥の地である。江戸時代以前の風情がよく残る「新町通り」・｢永原町通り｣・｢八幡堀周辺」・「日牟礼八幡宮境内地」は「八幡伝統的建造物群保存地区」として国の重要伝統的建造物群保存地区に選定されており、時代劇の撮影場所としてもよく使われる。ウィリアム・メレル・ヴォーリズが住み多くの建築作品を遺した地としても知られている。Ōmihachiman had been a developed commercial town even since Toyotomi Hidetsugu built a castle and gathered many merchants in the last part of 16th...
