By DAISUKE HIRABAYASHI/ Staff Writer
July 8, 2022 at 07:00 JST
Norihito Ishitaka lugs a heavy load of goods to mountain huts as a “bokka” porter in Oze National Park in Katashina, Gunma Prefecture, with 2,228-meter-high Mount Shibutsusan, one of Japan’s 100 prominent peaks, in the background. (Hiroyuki Yamamoto)
When it comes to heavy lifting, Norihito Ishitaka is no shirker. He regularly lugs 100-kilogram loads on his back to deliver food and other items to mountain huts in marshlands on the border between Gunma, Fukushima and Niigata prefectures. [Read More]
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