KATSUURA, Chiba Prefecture—The Katsuura Big Hina Matsuri is under way here, dazzling tourists with massive displays of around 10,000 “hina” dolls donated from across Japan. The dolls will be ...

Yu Hayami discovers the unique food culture of Chiba Prefecture ... So people love their "nori." In Japan, "nori" is cultivated from Tohoku, in the north, to Kyushu in the south.