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

Hidden across Japan's southern alps, deep within the mountains, this is 100% Japan's best campsite. IF... you can get there!

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) ...

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

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 ...

nestled in the foothills of the Japanese Alps. She stands on an uneven narrow wooden platform over a massive tank containing more than 3,000 liters (800 gallons) of a bubbling soup of steamed rice ...