I visited Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, where 74 pupils and 10 teachers perished in the tsunami of March 11, 2011. My eyes took in a connecting corridor that had ...
OSAKA--It's difficult to see the stars from the city, but the Okawa river was awash here with its own brilliant blue milky way on July 7 with help from 21st-century magic. Star festival ...
The Funatogyo event was held, where about 100 boats crisscrossed the Okawa River, which flows through the center of Osaka. Some 3,000 fireworks lit up the summer night sky. Funatogyo is a ritual ...