Higashiōmi (東近江市, Higashiōmi-shi) is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 September 2021[update], the city had an estimated population of...

and Kotō (both from Echi District), was merged to create the city of Higashiōmi. The city was founded on August 15, 1954. Yokaichi is famous for the Giant...

city of Higashiōmi. Buyeo-gun Jangam, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea "沿革 | 東近江市ホームページ". 東近江市 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-14. Higashiōmi official...

Prefecture, with other major cities including Kusatsu, Nagahama, and Higashiōmi. Shiga Prefecture encircles Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater lake in...

Hino Ryūō On January 1, 2006 the town of Gamō merged into the city of Higashiōmi. On March 21, 2010 the town of Azuchi merged into the city of Ōmihachiman...

town of Gamō (from Gamō District), was merged into the expanded city of Higashiōmi. As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 23,385 and a density...

and Kotō (both from Echi District), was merged to create the city of Higashiōmi. The town was named after a famous temple Eigen-ji and it is a key spot...

Kaigi (1997–1998). He was from the former town of Gokashō, now part of Higashiōmi, in Shiga Prefecture. He enlisted in the Imperial Japanese Army in 1940...

throughout Japan. The most famous one is "Yōkaichi Giant Kite Festival" in Higashiōmi, Shiga, which started in 1841. The largest kite ever built in the festival...

in the prefectures of Mie, Shiga, Nara, Wakayama are included: Nabari Higashiōmi Hikone Kōka Konan Kusatsu Moriyama Ōtsu (pop 350,000) Ōmihachiman Rittō...