The calmness of Seto Inland Sea, located in western Japan, will send your worries away. One thing that has been firmly supporting lives in this area is stone. The stone walls of the famous Osaka ...

where anybody could go and quite easily find jade stones to pocket and take home? Amazingly, such a place exists. Welcome to Jade Beach in the city of Itoigawa along the Sea of Japan in Niigata ...

ITOIGAWA, Niigata -- This central Japan city famed for its jade ... turning into pebbles by the time they reach the sea. But if people collect the stones from rivers, it interrupts this process ...