By YASUSHI SATO/ Staff Writer
September 27, 2021 at 17:25 JST
During a Sept. 21 search, Toshiaki Nomura, 61, offered the Japanese confection daifuku and sweetbread at a rock near the spot where his missing 19-year-old son Ryota’s backpack was found on Mount Ontakesan. (Provided by Nagano Prefecture’s Kiso Town)
OTAKI, Nagano Prefecture--On the seventh anniversary of the deadly Mount Ontakesan eruption, 61-year-old Toshiaki Nomura was one of eight people among four bereaved families who climbed to the site. [Read More]
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