Seattle Housing Authority announced a ceremonial ribbon snip this Friday for its Sawara, the newest apartment building to open at Yesler Terrace. The seven-story, 114-unit project at 740 Yesler ...

I got it wrong. It wasn’t mosquito coils and a springtime fish--Katori (香取) and Sawara, the names of the awesomely picturesque area in Chiba Prefecture.

Sawara Taisai conveys the vibrance and culture of Sawara as it was 300 years ago, to the present. 00:55 This area flourished thanks to the waters of the Tonegawa, one of Japan's most iconic rivers.

Sawara, locally known as koedo or “Little Edo,” is a small step back in time located in Chiba’s Katori city, just an hour away from central Tokyo. In the honmachi central area, remarkably ...