If it’s not the world-class skiing in the winter or Mt. Fuji, most of the hyped imagery around Japan is the neon lights of Shibuya Crossing, the crush of bars in Shinjuku’s Golden Gai, or the ...

FUKUSHIMA, Japan >> In a spectacle that seemed straight from a picture scroll of Japan’s Warring States period, the three-day Soma Nomaoi festival held its main event May 25 in Minami-­Soma, Fukushima ...