Known as one of Japan's heaviest snowfal Cherry blossoms bloom over a snow-covered field in the village of Okura, Yamagata Prefecture, on May 1, 2025. Please view the main text area of the page by ...

Today, it is Japan's most aged village, with two-thirds of residents over age 65. ... Hachiro Koganezawa, 90, farms flowers and vegetables on a plot of land outside the village center.

The village has accepted 25 parties of 36 new growers of baby’s breath flowers, who range in age from the 30s to the 50s, from Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture since 2003.

Entrepreneurial young Japanese people are trying to reinvigorate Japan's most aged village — where more than two thirds of residents are over 65 — and keep it from vanishing from the map.

The ikebana walk features unique Japanese flower arrangements meant to be enjoyed from a single perspective. So they’ve been spread out in window fronts of your favorite lakeview roscoe village ...

INAKADATE, Japan Nearly two decades ago, Koichi Hanada, a clerk in the village hall, received an unusual request from his superior: find a way to bring tourists to this small community in rural ...

In Japan, violet flowers symbolize nobility and strength. However, the flowers of the same name are often used as gratitude symbols, as thank-you gifts, to convey sincerity, or to express love. In ...