By Maggie Hiufu Wong | CNN If you order a box of frozen Kobe beef croquettes from Asahiya, a family-run butcher shop in Takasago City in western Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, it’ll take another 43 years before you receive your order. That isn’t a typo. Forty. Three. Years. Founded in 1926, Asahiya sold meat products from … Read more
Kobe – Residents in the city of Kobe and its vicinity showed solidarity with those affected by the earthquake that hit central Japan earlier this month, as they commemorated on Wednesday the 29th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed 6,434 people in their region. Ceremonies were held across Hyogo Prefecture, with … Read more
Osaka – A total of about one million spectators attended multiple parades as the Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes each celebrated their championships in the streets of both Kobe and Osaka on Thursday. Earlier this month, the Central League champion Tigers defeated the Pacific League champion Buffaloes to win the first Japan Series between teams … Read more