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Osaka: Special Goshuin Sheet Featuring Dragon Painted by Ukrainian Evacuees Offered at Shrine
OSAKA — A goshuin sheet featuring a dragon painted by Ukrainian artists is being offered at Abe Oji ...
February 24, 2024
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Okinawa: Polish Woman Guides Students Through Battle of Okinawa’s Tragedy; Giving Lessons in Darkness
YAESE, Okinawa — Izabela Ishikawa, a Polish woman, guides students on school trips around natural ca...
February 24, 2024
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New App Providing Easy Calculation of Global Shipping Costs Hopes to Boost Sales of Hida Furniture to Foreign Travelers
GIFU — To boost sales of acclaimed Hida-brand wood furniture from Gifu Prefecture that is popular wi...
February 21, 2024
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Tokushima: Japanese Glass Eel Fishing Season Reaches Peak; Lights of Fishing Boats Create a Stunning View
TOKUSHIMA — Fishing season for Japanese glass eel — juvenile eel — is reaching its peak at the mouth...
February 18, 2024
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Iwate: Festival with 1,000-Year History Ends in Northeastern Japan
OSHU, Iwate (Jiji Press) — The major Somin-sai festival with a history of over 1,000 years was held ...
February 18, 2024
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Kagoshima: Massive Sakurajima Daikon Wins Annual Contest, Weighing in at 30 Kilograms
KAGOSHIMA — A 30-kilogram Sakurajima daikon has won its weight division at an annual contest held la...
February 17, 2024
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Beauty Contest in Yamagata City to Accept Male Applicants for the First Time; Organizers Want to Ensure Diversity and Gender Equality
YAMAGATA — Female-only requirements for the Yamagata Hanagasa Festival beauty contest will be abolis...
February 17, 2024
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Shibuya Cafe Continues to Offer Experience of Listening to Masterpieces; Near 100-Year-old Cafe Maintains Traditional Atmosphere of Years Gone By
In the Dogenzaka district of Shibuya, bustling with young people, there is an old Western-style buil...
February 13, 2024
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Wakayama Shrine Uses Comedy to Pray for Bountiful Harvest
KATSURAGI, Wakayama — Laughter filled a shrine during its unique ritual of praying for a good harves...
February 10, 2024
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Heirs to Kyoto Talent / Dyer Adds Life to Cloth with Color from Plants Applying Sharp Eye to Centuries-old Techniques
KYOTO — Sarasa Yoshioka seems to be able to imagine colors that can be harvested from plants — such ...
February 10, 2024
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Unique Festival Involving Spraying Hot Water on Others Held at Hot Spring Bath Resort in Japan’s Gunma Prefecture
NAGANOHARA, Gunma — A centuries-old unique festival, in which participants fling hot water from buck...
February 7, 2024
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Firms Developing New Tech to Help People Get around Nagoya
NAGOYA — A self-sailing raft floated down the Horikawa river in Nagoya for a test run, with the aim ...
February 7, 2024
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Locals Protecting Tradition of Charcoal Making in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture
KUJI, Iwate — Yachiringyo Co., a charcoal manufacturer, is stepping up its efforts to export charcoa...
February 5, 2024
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Oita: Colorful Boats Celebrates New Year; Participants Plunge into Cold Waters, Mochi and Sake Distributed
BUNGO-TAKADA, Oita — Horan-enya, a traditional New Year’s celebration, was held on the Katsura River...
February 3, 2024
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Small Theater in Kawagoe Illuminating the Torch of Film
Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture, located near Tokyo, is also known as “Koedo” (Little Edo) after the o...
January 29, 2024
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