In Japan, a Visit to the Casio G-Shock Factory (Published 2023)

Employees on the automatic timepiece movement assembly line at the Yamagata Casio factory wear head-to-toe white dust suits.Credit...Noriko Hayashi for The New York Times HIGASHINE, Japan — Yamagata Prefecture, in the north of Japan’s main island, Honshu, is known for its cherries. And when you disembark at the Sakuranbo-Higashine train station, they won’t let you forget it: There are large poster