By NOBORU TOMURA/ Staff Writer
October 8, 2020 at 07:30 JST
A “luxurious cat planter made of Tsukechi cypress” is sold at a shop in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture. (Noboru Tomura)
NAKATSUGAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Disappointed lumber workers here were stuck with a bunch of unwanted planter boxes made from high-quality local Japanese “hinoki” cypress that they wrongly assumed would become a big seller. [Read More]
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