Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s found a community and made a home.

Before arriving in Japan, I had only lived in the suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area, where I grew up, or my rural college ...

Is Japan running out of people? Births are down, deaths are up and the number of Japanese nationals fell faster than ever ...

There are so many writers in New York, it can be a bit of a struggle to carve out space, whereas there aren't that many writers writing in English who are living in rural Japan.