The Kanto Lantern Parade
Akita Prefecture is located in the Tohoku region of northern Honshu, Japan's main island. One of the highlights in the region's calendar is the Kanto Festival, a 250-year-old spectacle in which thousands of lanterns are paraded through the streets suspended from giant bamboo frames.
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Location, Location, Location
An increasing number of mobile phone users are becoming avid players of ichige ("location games"), a type of online game that utilizes location data provided through their phones' GPS function.
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Rice-Flour Bread, Pasta, and . . . Jam!
Rice is a food that is close to the hearts of Japanese people, and has long been used to make mochi rice cakes and other sweets. New technology that allows rice to be milled as finely as wheat has opened up an array of new possibilities for this ancient staple.
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