Beppu is a town famous for its boiling springs and ... Parents Traveling with Kids When planning a road trip through Japan’s ...

From the powder-fine snow in Hokkaido to the healing waters in hot spring towns all over the country ... hop on one of the ...

Japan may be known for its bustling, neon-lit cities, but much of the country, as beautifully depicted in anime, still retains a peaceful, pastoral countryside. Many iconic anime set in rural ...

Premier Suga, from rural Akita prefecture in the north, made the revitalization of Japan’s countryside one of his ... which she plans to open in the town of Matsukawa next spring.

in a country that is rapidly ageing and which has seen a steady migration of younger people leaving the countryside for the big cities. It is a population crisis that Japan has been grappling with ...