Good to know: In winter, dress warmly. All visitors are required to sit on the temple’s chilly floor and use a calligraphy ...

Hakuba Goryu Snow Resort is in Hakuba Valley, Nagano Prefecture. After hosting the 1998 Winter Olympics, Nagano has become a ...

Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s ...

Kashimayari Ski Resort offers beautiful views of the Japanese Alps and is an excellent place for skiers of all levels.

Our first 2 weeks will be spent with friends visiting Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and finishing in Osaka. We then have 11 nights to visit the Japanese Alps. We love being in a location and ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency urged people to take extra caution on Monday as heavy snow battered regions north and west ...

About 240 people had to be rescued from a number of broken chair lifts in the Le Devoluy skiing region of the French Alps.

Hakuba Goryu Snow Resort boasts powder snow and family-friendly slopes, making it an ideal winter escape for all.

Concierge travel company Plan Japan helps navigate that 'unknowable' with access to impossible reservations that money can't ...

TAKAYAMA, Gifu Prefecture--The Shinhotaka Ropeway aerial tramway has reopened here after a three-month hiatus, offering breathtaking summer views of the Northern Japan Alps. Ropeway No.

Japan is home to 26 UNESCO World Heritage Sites ... Both winter and summer tourism thrive in various regions of the Alps and ...