Take your time in Japan away from Tokyo and head for part of the country far too few visitors ever experience.

Japan was the top cross-border destination for Chinese tourists during the eight-day Lunar New Year holiday through Feb. 4, ...

Weather News announced that cherry blossom is expected to bloom nationwide earlier than usual. The earliest blooming is seen ...

Meet Frenchman Jules Brunet, the real-life last samurai. Fighting alongside the Shogunate rebels who wanted to maintain ...

A government investigation has confirmed that tunnel construction for the shinkansen bullet train line extension to Sapporo ...

BHPian SteeringStar recently shared this with other enthusiasts:Japan - a place that brings lots of nostalgia to my 43 year stint on this planet!My first ever flight journey was to the land of rising ...

Meanwhile, following the death of the Chinese tourist near the Asari station, Hokkaido Railway Co is considering adding safety announcements in English and Chinese on its trains.

Guards at Funamizaka slope in Otaru will help regulate visitor flow to popular tourist spot featured in 1995 Japanese film ...

Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan - December 01, 2024 Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 1 ...

The woman, visiting the coastal city with her husband, entered the Hakodate Line tracks near Asari Station at around 11:30 a.m. to photograph the ocean with her phone, according to Hokkaido ...

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous cooking create a cuisine like no other.