By DAISUKE HIRABAYASHI/ Staff Writer
July 8, 2022 at 07:00 JST
Norihito Ishitaka sits on a boardwalk to rest with a load on his back in Katashina, Gunma Prefecture. (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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