440 years ago, the Jōhana Betsuin Zentoku-ji Temple, a branch temple of Kyoto's Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, moved to Jōhana in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. Jōhana flourished as a temple town and is known as "Little Kyoto of Etchū." Inami also has a branch temple of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, the Shinshu Ōtani-ha Inami Betsuin Zuizen-ji Temple...
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We visited the home and studio of Gaku Shaku, a ceramic artist from Tateyama Town, Nakaniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, located in a corner of the Iwase district, where many houses built during the Meiji era still remain. The Iwase area flourished from the early Edo period as a port town for Kitamae ships that traveled the Sea of Japan...
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Yao Town is nationally famous for the "Owara Kaze no Bon" festival. I set foot in Yao Town for the first time, as it is also the hometown of my husband's mother, who is from Toyama. Entering Yao Town and proceeding along a narrow, winding mountain path, I came across the "SHIMOO DES..." studio, run by the artist duo of Kazuhiko and Saori Shimoo.
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The French restaurant "Saveur," formerly located on the B1 floor of the main building of the resort hotel "River Retreat Garaku," reopened on May 22, 2014, as "L'évo." Aiming for authentic local production and consumption, owner-chef Taniguchi...
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The French restaurant "Saveur," formerly located on the B1 floor of the main building of the resort hotel "River Retreat Garaku," reopened on May 22, 2014, as "L'évo." Aiming for authentic local production and consumption, owner-chef Taniguchi...
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