I got it wrong. It wasn’t mosquito coils and a springtime fish--Katori (香取) and Sawara, the names of the awesomely picturesque area in Chiba Prefecture. In 2006, Sawara merged with a number ...

Firefighting authorities in Okayama City, western Japan, have declared that the wildfires that broke out in the city nearly three weeks ago have been extinguished. The city's fire department made ...

Sawara Taisai consists of summer and autumn festivals that look back 300 years, to a time when Sawara, in Chiba Prefecture, was a vibrant cultural center. Large floats, featuring motifs such as ...