====== Shiga ====== Shiga is a Japanese prefecture to the east of [[Kyoto]], on the island of Honshu. It contains the enormous freshwater Lake Biwa, whose shoreline is home to the regional capital, [[Otsu]], as well as the cities of [[Hikone]], [[Sakamoto]], and [[Nagahama]], beaches and holiday resorts Department of Neurosurgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, [[Japan]]. Kazuhiko Nozaki