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Corn Festival 2025

Corn Festival 2025

Kim Bergström

Corn is a vital crop with immense importance as a food, feed, and fuel source. The Yatsugatake corn variant grows well in Jap...

Shiga
Japan's First Casino

Japan's First Casino

Julian Kloby

Gambling in Japan has been considered illegal since the passing of the Penal Code in 1907. This banned several forms of gambl...

Dagashi Shops

Dagashi Shops

Julian Kloby

The term dagashi in Japanese refers to cheap sweets or candy, also known as “penny sweets,” and was originally created as a s...