SHIRAKAWA, Gifu -- An illumination event at a UNESCO World Heritage-listed settlement in this central Japan village began on Jan. 13, lighting up historic thatched houses. Tourists in the ...

It was in the village of Minami ... “We will continue to advertise the strong points of Seki, which is the center of Japan,” he said.

Totsukawa Village is located on the southern tip of Nara Prefecture in the center of the Kii Peninsula ... a village different from any other in Japan.

The "All Japan Slipper Table Tennis Championships," where players used slippers instead of rackets, were held on Feb. 1 in ...