The 1945 announcement of Japan’s surrender by Emperor Hirohito ... When it was completed in 1940, Yamata, now part of Koga, was a typical farming village with a population of 4,536, of whom ...

Shiiba, one of Japan's three great ... The people in this secluded village have preserved their traditional landscapes and ancient practices like slash-and-burn farming, hunting, as well as ...

Within the dichotomy of plan versus reality the film portrays Ogatamura Big Lagoon Village that was once planned within a huge reclamation project as a model farming village to grant food security ...