In the heart of the Japanese mountains, the villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are home to treasures of traditional ...

The 256-Mile Trans Japan Alps Race Is Hard. Earning a Spot Is Downright Brutal The yearslong qualification process for the TJAR is merciless, but organizers say it ensures that all runners will ...

“Sumimasen.”The young woman who had just stood up in front of me stepped back to my row and, without a word, dropped down on bended knees to respond to my “excuse me” eye to eye. I felt ...

When the Japanese debuted in the hotel in 2019, from executive chefs Dominik Sato and Fabio Toffolon, it was therefore an ideal addition to help bridge those worlds.

Hilton has announced the signing of Hilton Takayama Resort, its first property in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture, in partnership ...

Once believed extinct in the Central Japan Alps, rock ptarmigans hatched at a zoo were transported to a mountain in Nagano Prefecture for eventual release into the wild.

OKAYA, Japan — Not long after dawn, ... of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in the foothills of the Japanese Alps. ...