Journey to Japan’s lesser-visited mountainous region, home to many distinctive traditional inns, within whose walls you can ...

They were meant to be No. 1 in Japan,” Sato said ... has made a “pass” that allows the championship flag to enter Tohoku and given it the region’s teams that play in the national ...

But now, the crimson-colored championship flag will finally ... matched up against a Tohoku team at the summer tournament, one of the most popular sporting events in Japan. A team from Akita ...