An unusual home for North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains comprises a Japanese-style farmhouse set on 18 bucolic acres with a ...

More and more foreign visitors have gotten lost and buried in avalanches while skiing in Aomori. Read more at ...

Japan lends itself to a multi-day guided walking trip, a rich culture with a surprising amount of wilderness to explore, ...

Japanese weather officials say heavy snow may fall again in mountainous areas of the Kanto-Koshin region from Tuesday evening.

This is the story of when we made a terrible judgement call climbing down Japan's tallest mountain. Sometimes a good mistake ...

While some mountain trails are being restored, there are still many that have no one to maintain them. Of the 1,127 trails that run through Japan’s 34 national parks, nearly half of them have no one ...

The mountain’s name — meaning “the bald” in Japanese — couldn’t be more misleading, as its peak is blanketed in powder-dusted pines. On a snowy day, the scene resembles an ancient ...

HOSHINOYA Resorts - or home of the stars - brings some the Japanese onsen experience to the mountains of Taiwan.

You can get a box of takeaway sushi or a bowl of ramen all over the world, but certain elements and specialties of Japanese ...

Ginzan Onsen, a hot spring town in the Yamagata region, is now limiting daytrippers in the winter season. Its dark wood ...

Forest fires have been reported in the Japanese prefectures of Nagano and Yamanashi in addition to the fires in the city of ...