Nagano is home to the Japanese Alps, which consist of three mountain ranges across the prefecture. In fact, 15 of the 23 ...

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 ...

Located in what is often the home’s first entryway, a large bar to gather around was inspired by Suzie’s visits to Bar Tambi ...

The town of Kaneyama in Fukushima Prefecture isn’t particularly populous, having less than 2,000 residents. Kaneyama’s Tarabu district, though, is an especially small community, with only 12 occupied ...

Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest ...

After the Mountain fire destroyed homes in the hillside community overlooking Camarillo, many residents helped one another ...

crisp mountain air, riverside hiking trails and an abundance of Japanese snow monkeys. There are no private homes, year-round residents or chain stores of any kind – no McDonald's, Starbucks or ...

Japan's revered Mount Fuji finally regained an iconic snowcap, setting a record for the slowest snowfall in 130 years.

Grant Ujifusa helped persuade President Ronald Reagan to support reparations for Japanese Americans interned at camps like ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

The singer combines archival recordings and contemporary sessions to collaborate with relatives past and present on this 3-LP ...

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