Environment | OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK Apr 29, 2018
A wetland works wonders in battered Tohoku
by C.W. Nicol
A proposed wetland nature center in Miyagi Prefecture would give wild birds a new home while attracting bird-loving tourists to Tohoku.
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National May 25, 2015
Chiba wetland gives city slickers rare chance to enjoy nature's bounty
Surrounded by an urban landscape that includes an elevated expressway, high-rise condominiums and an IKEA furniture store, the Yatsu-higata wetland in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, is an unusual nature preserve. Yatsu-higata, which spans around 40 hectares — slightly smaller than Tokyo Disneyland — is in the ...