In the cold but placid north prefecture of Aomori lies the charming village of Shingō, a place steeped in a mystery as profound as it is intriguing. This village harbors an attraction that stands at ...

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On the flat top of a steep hill in a distant corner of northern Japan lies the tomb of an itinerant shepherd who, two millennia ago, settled down there to grow garlic. He fell in love with a farmer’s ...