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By J.J. Barrett Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners. Here on the farm, it is always around Memorial Day that my ...

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Nakasendo Way has linked Kyoto and Tokyo for centuries—and now the forgotten route is being revived. A walking tour through ...

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Join Nakano Forestry in the dramatic final chapter of felling a majestic 600-year-old Zelkova tree weighing 11 tons in Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture. This ancient tree, a silent witness to ...