Putting the missing pieces together came down to the intuition of the academic summoned to examine the paintings, according to the education board of Nakadomari town in Aomori Prefecture ...

SHOICHI KUDO At 26, Shoichi married and chose to stay at the newspaper in Aomori. He continued to take photographs, but never again considered pursuing the life of a full-time artist. Instead ...

HIROSAKI, Aomori Prefecture--Pretty as a picture ... making a fashion statement all its own. The Art Train, which also sports pink lines on its body, makes up to nine round trips a day between ...