By MAMORU TAKATSU/ Staff Writer
April 20, 2020 at 07:00 JST
Eisaku Saeki, a skilled bear hunter, whistles to notify others of having brought down a bear during an operation carried out to control the animals preying on sprouts every spring. This photo was taken by Asahi Shimbun photographer Giichi Hasegawa in April 1936. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
TATEYAMA, Toyama Prefecture--Newly discovered black-and-white photographs taken more than 80 years ago bring to life a springtime ritual here, when bear hunters in the Ashikuraji district would venture deep into the snow-covered mountains. [Read More]
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