I recently watched Only Yesterday at the Cornell Cinema (highly recommend it!) and the show really got me thinking about the role of rural settings in Japanese popular culture. Note that I didn’t just ...

A cultural consultant is combining academic and personal passions in Niigata Prefecture while maintaining an online community ...

India’s Worrying Plans for Dams on Transboundary Rivers Shared with Bangladesh An untold story is emerging in the mountains, farmlands, and forests of Japan. On March 11, 2011, disaster struck the ...

Across parts of rural Japan, a shift is underway that has little to do with dams or new pipelines. Instead, it is happening inside individual homes. In villages facing population decline and rising ...

When Atsushi Maeda talks about Rural, he doesn't use the language of festivals. He talks about zones: sonic, emotional, mental. Places you didn't know existed until the music took you there. "I would ...