Shiga Ken Postal code

Shiga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan that is in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu. 1,412,916 people live in Shiga Prefecture as of October 2015, and the area is 4,017 square miles (1,551 sq mi). To the north, Shiga Prefecture is next to Fukui Prefecture, then Gifu Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, and Kyoto Prefecture to the east, and to the west is Fukui Prefecture. tsu is the capital and largest city of Shiga Prefecture, with other big cities like Kusatsu, Nagahama, and Higashimi nearby as well. All of Shiga Prefecture is around Lake Biwa, which is the largest freshwater lake in Japan. Shiga Prefecture has the highest percentage of land that is designated as Natural Parks of any prefecture in Japan. People who live in the southern part of Shiga Prefecture live next to Kyoto, Japan's former capital city. This makes it part of Greater Kyoto, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country. It is home to mi beef, the Eight Views of mi, and Hikone Castle, which is one of four national treasure castles in Japan.