Letter From Tokushima
A rural region aims for 'creative depopulation'
Town 'at risk of disappearing' draws young and talented people from elsewhere to build a healthy population
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Web designer Ryohei Asada was a city slicker born in cosmopolitan Osaka but now lives deep in the mountains of rural Kamiyama in Tokushima prefecture.
The 31-year-old's not-so-humble abode - an airy four-bedroom detached house with a small farm that costs him just 10,000 yen (S$108) a month in rent - is located 600m above sea level.
