The historic Sawara townscape stretches out along one of its tributaries. 01:39 Hi, I'm Saskia, and today I am in Sawara, which is not in Tokyo but actually located in Chiba prefecture.

I got it wrong. It wasn’t mosquito coils and a springtime fish--Katori (香取) and Sawara, the names of the awesomely picturesque area in Chiba Prefecture. In 2006, Sawara merged with a number ...