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The Nagoya Castle Honmaru Palace was a representative of a traditional Japanese architecture called "Shoin-Zukuri"....

Nagoya is full of frugality. Meitetsu Nagoya Station embodies it....

The best place in Nagoya for the culture of Hare is the Japanese-style restaurant Hasshokan, which opened in 1910....

Ibukijima island is the only place in Japan where the capital (Kyoto) dialect in the old days remains....

Traditional events are memories and records of the community's most prosperous times. The population of Ibukijima is less than 500 people now, so the number of ...

In Ibukijima island, the rain did not percolate and it is impossible to obtain natural water. In order to solve this problem, the island created "rainwater well...

Ibukijima island produces the highest class of “Iriko (dried Japanese anchovy),” which is the material for making broth. That is because the fishing grounds are...

Ibukijima Island is the largest island village in the Seto Inland Sea, with 4,000 people living in the 1950s due to the blessings of the fishing industry. A net...

British photographer Johnny Hymas' photo book "Tambo (Rice field)" is a collection of photographs of rice fields taken during his travels in Japan. He took abou...

“Baitu” is a ceremony held in Ohshirakura Village during the Little New Year. Its name goes back to the language of Shugendo (Japanese mountain asceticism), and...

Tsumari is sometimes called a treasure trove of folklore, and the traditional scenery, life, and customs remain....

Tsumari is one of the snowiest areas in Japan, that is, one of the snowiest areas in the world. The snow determines the shape and details of the house....

Tokamachi, the central city of Tsumari, has a population of 50,000 to 100,000, and it snows the most in the world. The maximum snow depth is 391 cm in downtown ...

Ukiyo is a restaurant that represents Takada. It is a four-story wooden building and a splendid example of Japanese-style restaurant architecture that has been ...

Joko-ji temple in Takada is a historic temple that Shinran, the famous religious leader, founded in 1224....

On Omachi Dori Street that represents Gangi Streets in Takada, Nishiti-no-ichi Market (Two and Seven Market) and Shiku-no-ichi Market (Four and Nine Market) are...