For decades, Kotoku Wamura was mocked for building an enormous floodgate in his village. But when a massive tsunami struck, ...

From ancient shrines and mountain trails to cooking classes with charismatic locals, travelling through Ibaraki gives ...

The instrument manufacturing company Marusan Hashimoto in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, is very busy making strings for the shamisen, the ko･･･ ...