Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s ...

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

It's rice-planting time in the terraced fields of Toho Village, Fukuoka Prefecture ... paddies on steep slopes ― has been named one of Japan's 100 best-terraced rice fields.

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu -- An illumination event at a UNESCO World Heritage-listed settlement in this central Japan village began on ... unfolded in the snow-covered landscape. This is the 39th edition ...

The garden, originally created as a "Japanese Village" for an international exposition ... overlooking a south-facing pound and the lovely landscape. Inside is a custom-designed irorj, or ...