THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 24, 2022 at 18:47 JST
A rice-planting dance performed in the Hiso district of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, in 2006 is said to be more than 300 years old. (Provided by the Fukushima society of preserving traditional folklore)
When tens of thousands of people fled after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and ensuing Fukushima nuclear accident, their cultural traditions left with them. [Read More]
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
