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Yamaguchi: Cat temple hopes for luck in Year of Tiger
HAGI, Yamaguchi — A cat-themed temple is doing its part to help revitalize its area. Unrin Temple in...
January 16, 2022
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Fukuoka: Cosplayers use suburban forest for dynamic photo shoots
FUKUOKA — A citizen’s forest in the suburbs of Fukuoka has become a hotspot among cosplayers thanks ...
January 16, 2022
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Tottori: Kengo Kuma-designed cafe overlooking Tottori Sand Dunes to open in summer
TOTTORI — A cafe designed by world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma that overlooks the Tottori Sand Dun...
January 16, 2022
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Japan’s Kyushu Univ. creates wooden sidewalk that helps the blind and the environment
FUKUOKA — The idea came to him after his grandmother lost her eyesight. Instead of a sidewalk of asp...
January 16, 2022
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Financial woes keep Kyoto covered with power lines Share
KYOTO — Kyoto authorities are dedicated to preserving its elegant townscape, but efforts to move pow...
January 15, 2022
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American woman blends into community in Shizuoka mountain village
SHIMADA, Shizuoka — Amid the wide array of solo lifestyles that modern people can enjoy, Shelley Cla...
January 12, 2022
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Kanagawa: Getting a whiff of the Earth at Hakone museum
HAKONE, Kanagawa — The constantly rising steam and the boiling hot mud of Owakudani reminded people ...
January 11, 2022
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Miyagi: Tracing Sendai’s notable jazz roots
SENDAI — Fujisaki, a department store in Aoba Ward, Sendai, is showing a documentary on its website ...
January 11, 2022
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Japan’s Mirai Convenience Store shows what acting locally can do for a community’s future
NAKA, Tokushima — A convenience store in a depopulated community deep in the mountains in Tokushima ...
January 10, 2022
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Kyoto: Field hockey culture invigorates rural town
KYOTAMBA, Kyoto — A mountain town in Kyoto Prefecture boasts an artificial pitch on which children d...
January 8, 2022
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Oita: Resorts hope ‘aliens’ will launch invasion of tourists
OITA — Japan’s largest hot spring resort prefecture has launched an unusual tourism strategy that pr...
January 8, 2022
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Pizza oven unites Hiroshima island residents
MIHARA, Hiroshima — Residents of Sagishima in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, made a pizza oven using ...
January 4, 2022
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Gunma: Wind caves to serve as natural storage for Tsumagoi cabbages
TSUMAGOI, Gunma — Work has begun in Tsumagoi, Gunma Prefecture, to store locally produced cabbage in...
January 4, 2022
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Nara: Lone figurine maker carries on with creating pottery with roots in legend
SAKURAI, Nara — A tradition of making cute figurines that have mythological roots is being carried o...
January 3, 2022
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Shimane: Women’s kagura dances toward March debut
HAMADA, Shimane — Women are making their mark in the world of Iwami Kagura, a Shinto ceremonial danc...
January 3, 2022
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