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

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

Sun 26th October 2025 – Shin-Hotaka Ropeway (Overnight stay Hirayu Onsen) Mon 27th October 2025 – Kamikochi (Evening Bus to Matsumoto) Tues 28th October 2025- Matsumoto (Evening Train to Kawaguchi-Ko) ...

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.

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.

Combat overtourism in other parts of Japan by visiting this central region. Here’s everything you should know before your ...

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

The discharge of the ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) treated water from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) is progressing in line with international safety standards, the ...

On December 18, a dialogue between experts from Japan and China on the discharge of ALPS treated water from TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the sea was held in Beijing, China, to ...