"It got me thinking," said Ena Onishi, a doctoral student at Kyoto University, "could this be one of those contagious ...

At Koga Falls in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, the water flowing down the falls has frozen completely again this year with the coldness of win･･･ ...

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Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

But all of those things are secondary to Gion's real source of fame – the geisha. Visitors to Gion may catch a glimpse of these extravagantly dressed women flitting between tea houses on wooden ...

Many visitors insist that Kiyomizu-dera Temple should be on every Kyoto traveler's to-do list. Kiyomizu-dera Temple opens at 6 a.m. every day of the year and closes between 6 and 6:30 p.m. daily ...

Long-sleeved shirts and a warm jacket, plus umbrella for rainy days; hat for the cooler evenings Warm jeans or slacks Comfortable sneakers or walking shoes are recommended Visiting Japan in January - ...

In 1961, referring to the story that soldiers of the Satsuma army surrounding Kumamoto Castle used tiles to bake wild ... most of it will appear on iron plates and plates. Tourists who do not have ...

Around 2,000 workers have gathered from around Japan for three shifts at the site that keep operations running 24 hours a day. Locals said the work stopped only on New Year’s Day. Kumamoto’s ...

KUMAMOTO--Students who struggle with chronic ... a record 299,048 elementary and junior high school students in Japan were chronically absent from school, an increase of 22.1 percent from the ...