NewsOct 25, 2026

滋賀県しがけんにトキが来きました

A short, beginner-friendly Japanese news post about a toki seen in Shiga Prefecture, far from Sado Island.

A Japanese crested ibis foraging quietly in a harvested rice paddy

滋賀県しがけんで、トキという鳥とりが見みつかりました。

A bird called a toki was seen in Shiga Prefecture.

佐渡島さどがしまという島しまから来きたようです。

It seems to have come from an island called Sado.

佐渡島さどがしまから滋賀県しがけんまでは、300キロ以上いじょうもあります。

It is more than 300 kilometers from Sado Island to Shiga Prefecture.

とても遠とおいですね！

That is a very long way!

トキは、田たんぼなどで食たべ物ものを探さがしていました。

The toki was looking for food in places such as rice fields.

もしトキを見みても、近ちかくに行いかないでくださいね。

If you see a toki, please do not go near it.

遠とおくから、静しずかに見みましょう。

Let’s watch quietly from a distance.

いつか、いろいろな場所ばしょでトキを見みられるといいですね。

It would be lovely to see toki in many different places one day.

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News source: Ministry of the Environment, Japan, “First confirmed arrival of a toki in Shiga Prefecture” (October 9, 2026). This was the first sighting in Shiga since toki were released back into the wild in 2008, and the first confirmed sighting more than 300 km from Sado Island. This post retells the news in short, easy Japanese.

「佐渡島」 is read 「さどがしま」. It is the name of an island in Niigata Prefecture. 「来きたようです」 means “seems to have come”; the bird’s starting point is not completely certain.

Today's Words

トキJapanese crested ibis; a kind of bird
島しまisland
遠とおいfar; a long way away
田たんぼrice field
静しずかにquietly

What You Can Practice

「〜という」 introduces a name. 「トキという鳥とり」 means “a bird called a toki.”
「〜から〜まで」 means “from ~ to ~.” Here, it describes the distance from Sado Island to Shiga Prefecture.
「〜ないでください」 means “please do not ~.” 「近ちかくに行いかないでください」 asks readers not to go near the bird.