TOURISM BOOM IN THE JAPANESE COUNTRYSIDE

Highlights:

• Tourism agency Chura-Boshi hopes to develop quaint Hida-Furukawa into a tourist attraction
• The agency offers guided bicycle tours all over the countryside

Gifu Prefecture’s Furukawa district of Hida is unknown even ...

Come see the work of a Rugby Artists whose striking paintings will leave you breathless

John Lines was born in Warwickshire Rugby in 1938. His works are unique and beautifully colored. He studied art in Warwickshire at Rugby Polytechnic in 1959 and at York Art School. He has a Modern British style and John prefers oil and watercolor painting. As an artist, he aims to "simply pa...