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Japan’s Most Peaceful Villages For Nature Lovers
Japan’s countryside offers a serene escape from the fast-paced city life. With its peaceful landscapes, traditional villages, ...
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Japan's countryside wonders: Villages you need to visit
Shirakawa-go is famous for its gassho-zukuri farmhouses, which are more than two centuries old. These thatched-roof houses ...
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Japan is trying to lure people into rural areas by selling $500 homes, but it's not enough to fix the country's 'ghost town' problem
because people don't want to live in a terminal village surrounded by 'ghost houses,'" McMorran said. It's also, he said, linked to the birthrate in Japan, which has been on a downward trend since ...
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Foreign residents become key part of the future of Hokkaido village
The village was originally rich with pastures for grazing cattle. A resort development project started in 1981 when the JR Sekisho Line opened. It was initially intended for Japanese tourists.
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Mt. Fuji and the legend of a lost village
Thirty-seven houses were destroyed in a fire triggered ... Subashiri became legendary, a village laid to waste by Japan's most famous natural wonder. Subashiri Village was located in the present ...
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Out-of-towner puts Nara village on map for foreign visitors
TOTSUKAWA, Nara Prefecture--Hanako Kakuta became enchanted with the appeal of Japan’s biggest village, nestled as it is by summits in the Kii mountain range. With a population of just 3,000 or ...