Last week on August 13, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a Level 5 Emergency Warning for heavy rain across 22 municipalities in Chiba Prefecture, after record-breaking rainfall (over 100mm in a single hour in some areas). There was...
You’ve bought your ticket for the Hozugawa River boat ride, the famous eight-kilometre run through the gorge that ends near Arashiyama. If there’s time before boarding, just a minute’s walk from the pier is a a low timber building...
