Today we are deep in the mountains of Japan and exploring a once-hidden valley rich with onsen hotsprings. An area that was once a secret spot in Japan used by warriors to hide out and rest~ ...

SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...

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This mountain village came into the historical spotlight in 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Under the national policy of “Man-Mo Kaitaku" (Manchurian-Mongolian Development) that ...

It was home to Fujisengen Shrine, which served as the gateway to a mountain trail ... Subashiri became legendary, a village laid to waste by Japan's most famous natural wonder.

North of Kobe's neon lights you can enjoy another side of the city—a hidden village with over ... international trading port in Japan, but over the Rokko mountain range you will find the city's ...

The Japanese climbers employed an “expedition style”, said Marco Bomio, who manages the village museum in the resort of Grindelwald at the base of the mountain. This summer, the museum is ...