This charming resort is steeped in A-list history, and offers unique adventures from snowshoeing to carriage rides and dining ...

With record visitor numbers in 2024 putting strain on Japan's tourist hotpots, here are four places to visit far away from ...

Every winter Mount Rokko adds a snow park to its many leisure facilities. A short train ride and cable car from downtown Kobe ...

Courtesy Andy Cochrane Misha Margiani lashed his worn winter boots to the wooden planks as tightly as he could. It was 1998, ...

Asuka Village in Nara Prefecture was also part of the Upgrade ... this mountain have been regarded as sacred since En no Gyoja, the founder of "Shugendo" (Japanese mountain asceticism), carved ...

The increased focus on foreign travelers follows the death of a Hong Kong woman on the outskirts of Otaru. The 61-year-old ...

When interviewing on Zoom, Amanda Queenie — a first grade teacher at Mountain Village School — helped students zip up their coats as she spoke. She sees every day how, in addition to being ...

Cheap houses in the Japanese countryside have recently become ... But as Hideo Jojo’s slow-burn psychological thriller “Welcome to the Village” illustrates with the clarity and starkness ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...

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A friend asked him what the brown spots were, and Yabuki realized that trees on Mount Azumayama, which is touted among the 100 most scenic mountains in Japan, had been felled. The mountain was ...

There are some online resources for finding villages, such as the Minecraft village finder over at Chunk Base. However, you do need to know your Minecraft seed to use Chunk Base finders ...