YANAGAWA, Fukuoka Prefecture--Taking a boat ride in the depths of winter may be the furthest thing from most people’s minds. But fear not, operators are offering tourists “kotatsu-bune ...

Sosuke Ikematsu was intrigued to be offered a role in a Chinese film set in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, his mother’s hometown famed for its network of canals. “Yanagawa” is directed by ...