TOHOKU

Pokémon have been popping up all over Japan in the craziest of places—below us!

This year’s Tachinebuta Festival in northeastern Japan has a new, and very tall, princess.

A professional shamisen artist in Aomori Prefecture gives concerts and teaches people to play the Tsugaru-jamisen.

Tohoku's Kizuna Festival takes place in one of its six prefectures every year in the hopes of a full recovery from the 2011 disasters.

People compete in Iwate Prefecture to be the best table-flipper, venting their frustrations or shouting out their hopes and dreams.

Putting these sakura-pink kicks on your feet will help put more cherry blossom trees in Japan’s northeastern Tohoku region.

Zao Fox Village in Miyagi Prefecture is home to 100 foxes that visitors can feed, hold and pet!

This time-lapse video of Ofunato, in Iwate Prefecture, helps show how far Tohoku has come in its recovery efforts, and how far it still has to come.