Kashimayari Ski Resort is located in Hakuba Valley in Nagano Prefecture. It is one of ten ski resorts in the “powder kingdom” ...

Good to know: In winter, dress warmly. All visitors are required to sit on the temple’s chilly floor and use a calligraphy pen to copy a Buddhist scripture onto a piece of paper before being allowed ...

Summer on Japan's Southern Alps The Southern Alps are located in the middle of the Japanese archipelago. Mountain ranges peaking at an altitude of 3,000 meters continue for over 120 kilometers ...

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. It will be the first ...

The city of Toyama was praised by the Times as a place where tourists could “enjoy cultural wonders and culinary delights ...

Beyond the well-trod trails of famous mountains such as the Japanese Alps and the country’s icon, Mount Fuji, here are six spectacular places to explore the archipelago’s wild side on foot.

Originally founded in 1985, but closed in 1992, only to be resurrected in 2011, the new operation based in the Japanese alps, the highest distillery in Japan, has roared back to life, complete with ...