The Tsugaru Railway runs through a remote and snowy part of Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan. As well as being a vital mode of transport for locals, especially in winter, the train has a ...

Keiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day gender and sexuality politics with the old-fashioned Japanese domestic drama. Traditional lacquerwork ...

At one point, the accumulated snow was more than three times as deep as in the average year at many locations, particularly in the western Tsugaru area. As of 4 p.m. on Jan. 6, the depth of snow ...

TSUGARU, Aomori Prefecture--Kokona Hasegawa was no match for the boys when she joined a sumo club here seven years ago. But she became captivated by the traditional male-dominated sport because a ...

This video was shot in Tsugaru City, located on the west coast of the Tsugaru Peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan in Aomori Prefecture, and it shows blizzard conditions. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE ...

This is a Japanese Tsugaru Shamisen, and today I am sharing what it is like to play it. I got my start 8 years ago under a duo known as The Yoshida Brothers, and today I want to share with you a bit ...

She set the overall speed record in the North Channel (Northern Ireland to Scotland) and the women’s speed records in Japan’s Tsugaru Strait (Anacapa Passage) in five hours and 30 minutes ...