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Men no ishi in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, in November 2014 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The village of Minamiaso in Kumamoto Prefecture is home to a hanging boulder that remained precariously balanced midair at the mouth of a cavern on Mount Gairinzan.
Because nothing seemed capable of knocking this boulder off its post, it came to be called men no ishi, meaning the stone is safe from a fall or any unfortunate outcome.
However, it did finally fall five years ago, much to the disappointment of villagers. It was dislodged by the main tremor of the Kumamoto Earthquakes of 2016. We used to promote this stone as a lucky charm for school entrance test candidates, job seekers and election candidates praying for success, said Isao Kashiwada, 80, a local hiking guide.
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Earth, Planets and Space
Express Letter is an article type recently introduced in
Earth, Planets and Space with the aim of providing authors with a fast way to publish their research. Paola Teti asked two authors to talk about their papers and the reason why they chose Express Letter as article type.
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Earth, Planets and Space has recently introduced a new article type, Express Letter, with the aim of providing authors with a fast way to publish brief reports on their research.
Express Letters undergo a rigorous, but rapid, peer-review process. The average time between submission to first decision is 30 days, and from submission to publication is 104 days. So, if you want to publish quickly your results without undermining the quality, the Express Letter article type is what you were looking for.
8 Photobooks by Contemporary Women Photographers
From Justine Kurland’s imagined runaways to Deana Lawson’s dramatic portraiture, here are essential titles by today’s leading artists.
Deana Lawson,
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Since its founding in 1952, Aperture has elevated the voices of women artists and published important works by female photographers, including inspiring volumes by Nan Goldin, Deana Lawson, Sally Mann, and more. Now, in celebration of Women’s History Month, we’ve gathered eight essential titles by today’s leading contemporary women artists.
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Every winter, on the day of Epiphany, members of the Russian Orthodox church plunge themselves three times into the Volga River to remember Christ’s baptism. Astrakhan, Russia, 2012