For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

Several localities boast of being “the navel of Japan,” but Nagano Prefecture’s Suwa region is truly at the country’s center, in terms of geology, history, culture, and even religion.

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SUWA, Nagano -- A natural phenomenon called "Omiwatari," in which ice forming on the surface of Lake Suwa in Nagano ...

It has not yet been seen since Japan entered the current Reiwa era in 2019. Worried, Miyasaka commented, "The views of Lake ...