Living in the mountains, fascinated and emigrate Hemp production area Life interviews Fukushima Showa-mura: Asahi Shimbun Digital (www.asahi.com)

Okuaizu and Showa-mura in the western part of Fukushima Prefecture are villages rich in nature surrounded by 1,000-meter-high mountains. In winter, the snow reaches as high as 2 meters.　Karamushi, the raw material for karamushi-ori, a traditional craft made in the village, is also called hemp. The village is a cara…