By KAZUHIRO TAKEDA/ Staff Writer
September 17, 2020 at 07:00 JST
Artisans used traditional Takaoka copperware techniques to create the statue of Kutabe. (Kazuhiro Takeda)
TAKAOKA, Toyama Prefecture--Local copperware artisans hoping to inspire resilience and hope amid the pandemic have forged a statue of Kutabe, a mythical plague-fighting animal said to have once appeared on the prefecture’s sacred Mount Tateyama. [Read More]
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