Every four years the most rural and beautiful part of Tojo Town, called Onuka, has an “ushi matsuri” or cow festival. Last spring, invited by the principal of the tiny Onuka Junior High-School, I was lucky enough to experience it. Tojo is a very agricultural area whose economy since ancient times has revolved around rice [...]

I guess some people might be curious as to just where it is in Japan that I live. I’ll be moving soon but currently I live in Hiroshima Prefecture. (A Japanese prefecture is somewhat like an American state.) Like New York State, Hiroshima Prefecture is most famous for its largest city which shares the same [...]