Former urban resident produces salt in western Japan mountains

Former urban resident produces salt in western Japan mountains

Mitsutaka Matsumura, a 65-year-old former urban resident, produces plum-flavored pink salt deep in the mountains in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 4, 2015. He moved from Osaka to the depopulated Irokawa district of Nachikatsuura town on the Pacific coast about 17years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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