The lake was called “Taken shitan ike” in the dialect of Oita, which means “the pond at the foot of the mountain,” because it is located at the foot of Mt. Yufu. It reportedly got its name from Mori Kuso, a Confucian scholar, who spotted a fish with scales that glittered like...
“The border wall runs straight through the city of Nogales, and you get a real sense of how intrusive it is for the people who live there. The area is architecturally fascinating, with most storefronts dating to the mid-20th century, when the town was booming. Eat at La Roca, built ...