As sweltering temperatures continue to smother the Japanese archipelago, many seek to escape the heat wave by hitting the beach. However, in addition to being surrounded by the ocean on all sides, Japan is rich with lakes, ponds and more than 30,000 rivers across the country.
KOCHI Two strangers who differed vastly in age but shared a love for the beauty of the clear waters of the Niyodogawa, a 124-kilometer-long river that flows through central Shikoku into the Pacific, struck up a partnership.
OCHI, Kochi Prefecture A monument of the Dragon from Mamoru Hosoda’s animated feature film “Belle” was set up at a museum in Ochi, a town known as the real-life location of the area where protagonist Suzu lives.