Kristina Minami | Japan Travel & Stories on Instagram: "This is one of the most local experiences I’ve had in Japan in the last 10 years. 📍Yamazoe Village （山添村） sits along an old borderland between Nara and Mie. Because it was never on a major transportation corridor, large-scale development largely passed it by. As a result, many of the village’s systems still operate at a local scale. Shrines are cared for by residents, maintenance and rebuilding are done collectively. Knowledge is passed dir