RISING WATERS OF SPRING LIFT SPIRITS, AND FEARSTom Long, Globe Staff
When the seasons changed, Japanese nobles used to purify themselves in the waters of Lake Mitarashi, which started the Mitarashi Matsuri. The lake’s water is cold year-round and is the purification place where the Saio-Dai purifies herself for the Aoi Matsuri. Mitarashi Matsuri is the only ...
Tom Long, Globe Staff
Navy Airlift Kids from Farm Flood; RESCUE DRAMA HUNDREDS OF HOMES WASHED OUT Crew Save Family Marooned by Rising WatersByline: KEITH MCLEOD k.mcleod@dailyrecord.co.ukDaily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)