It was high summer in Japan. The Otagiri River, which threads through the Central Alps in Japan’s Nagano Prefecture, gurgled lightly as the melting snow from the white-capped mountains continued to feed the river. In the distance is the Komakusa suspension bridge, a beautiful piece of human engineering that allows foot traffic between both banks of the river.
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