“I would stick more with the traditional colors. We’ve been a historical village for 200 years, and I’d like to keep that look through the town.” PATTERSON disagrees. “If you wanted to ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: At the end of your restaurant meal in Mountain Village, order a cocktail to-go. Year-round from noon to 9 p.m. you can stroll the pedestrian plazas, pop into shops and ...

In the central Japanese mountain village of Damine, children have kept up an unbroken tradition of performing Japan's classical theater, kabuki, year after year for more than three centuries.