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Mount Fuji's heavenly bathhouse history

One of the pleasures of going to a sento public bath has traditionally been soaking in the big bathtub and gazing at Mount Fuji painted on the wall across the steam. But such opportunities have dwindl...

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Strong quake hits Shizuoka, injuring 112

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 shook Shizuoka Prefecture and its vicinity, including the Tokyo metropolitan area, at 5:07 a.m. Tuesday, injuring 112 people and causing two... Read more . . .

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про_искусство: ANDO HIROSHIGE THE FIFTY-THREE STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO ROAD

HOEIDO EDITION 1 Nihonbashi View looking across Nihon Bridge, Edo, from whence all distances were measured with a daimyo's cortège coming into view over the summit. In the foreground is a group of five fish-vendors (and a sixth...

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Exchange values for Eco-points announced

The government released a list of goods Wednesday, including local premium-added gift certificates, that will be exchangeable with Eco-points awarded for purchases of energy-efficient electronic products. While one Eco-point is...

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Japan: Go Farm, Young Man! - How Farming in Japan is Changing

For a country that identifies strongly as being historically agricultural people, the landscape of Japan's agricultural sector is ...

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