It wasn’t mosquito coils and a springtime fish--Katori (香取) and Sawara, the names of the awesomely picturesque area in Chiba Prefecture ... (1543-1616), one of Japan’s most significant ...

Yu Hayami discovers the unique food culture of Chiba Prefecture ... So people love their "nori." In Japan, "nori" is cultivated from Tohoku, in the north, to Kyushu in the south.

Neighborhoods in Saitama and Chiba prefectures have risen in popularity ... “People leave home less often and have fewer opportunities to go to downtown Tokyo during the coronavirus pandemic ...