January 16, 2024 • 28m
In January 2023, the New York Times newspaper introduced Morioka as one of its "52 Places to Go" - second only to London. The capi...Read more
February 6, 2024 • 28m
In 2021, a long trail course was established that encircles Mt. Fuji. By following this trail, one can explore not only the natura...Read more
February 13, 2024 • 28m
In 2021, a long trail course was established that encircles Mt. Fuji. By following this trail, one can explore not only the natura...Read more
February 20, 2024 • 28m
The Nagasaki Kaido was an important trade road from the 1630s that connected Nagasaki's port—the only one open to overseas trade i...Read more
February 27, 2024 • 28m
Isumi in Chiba Prefecture was voted most desirable place to live in the Tokyo area for its accessibility and great outdoors with b...Read more
March 5, 2024 • 28m
In 1859, when Japan reopened its doors after more than two centuries of isolation, goods flowed in and out of newly expanded ports...Read more
March 19, 2024 • 28m
Geto Kogen lies in an area of Japan known as a gosetsu chitai—a region with extremely heavy snowfall. In an average year it gets a...Read more
April 2, 2024 • 28m
The city of Senboku in Akita Prefecture is made up of three towns: Tazawako, which has the deepest lake in Japan; Nishiki, home to...Read more
April 30, 2024 • 28m
Tomonoura is a port town on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, in Hiroshima Prefecture. It occupies an important location because t...Read more
May 14, 2024 • 28m
Across Okinawa's islands, you will find the stone walls of castle ruins. The Ryukyu Kingdom was a country for 350 years before it ...Read more
May 28, 2024 • 28m
People in Japan love bathing in hot springs, or onsen. And since the old days, it has been common for people to check into residen...Read more
June 4, 2024 • 28m
British explorer and writer Isabella Bird arrived in Japan in 1878, just 10 years after the country opened its doors to the West. ...Read more
June 18, 2024 • 28m
Okayama Prefecture is a magical place where ancient myths live on. Shinto shrines venerate unique gods and Buddhist temples featur...Read more
July 2, 2024 • 28m
Ogaki in Gifu Prefecture is called "the city of water." Its abundant groundwater has fed countless spring water wells, and a river...Read more
July 16, 2024 • 28m
Yamagata Prefecture, some 300 kilometers north of Tokyo, is a mountainous region. Around 70% of its land covered by forests and to...Read more
August 6, 2024 • 28m
Shodoshima, the second largest island in the Seto Inland Sea, is known for its beautiful landscapes, natural scenery and tradition...Read more
August 20, 2024 • 28m
Japan's legendary Ama free-diving women still plumb the waters around Sugashima Island in search of abalone, turban shell and Ise ...Read more
August 27, 2024 • 28m
Niseko is renowned as one of Japan's leading winter sports destinations. But these days it's also becoming famous as an exciting s...Read more
September 3, 2024 • 28m
The Kumano Kodo, leading to Kumano, the sacred land of the Gods, is one of the few pilgrimage roads designated as a UNESCO World H...Read more
September 17, 2024 • 28m
Obon is a summertime ritual when Japanese people welcome ancestors' spirits home from the Buddhist Pure Land. The people of Nagasa...Read more
October 1, 2024 • 28m
British explorer and writer Isabella Bird arrived in Japan in 1878, just 10 years after the country opened its doors to the West. ...Read more
October 8, 2024 • 28m
Osaka is a dynamic city with a dynamic history. Photographer Alfie Goodrich captures the food culture of the "Kitchen of Japan," t...Read more
October 22, 2024 • 28m
Tokushima Prefecture, in the eastern part of Shikoku Island, is renowned as a heartland of traditional fermentation. It is especia...Read more
November 19, 2024 • 28m
The Kunisaki Peninsula, known for its temples, shrines and pilgrimage paths, abounds with rites enduring from ancient times. The K...Read more
December 3, 2024 • 28m
North of Kobe's neon lights you can enjoy another side of the city—a hidden village with over 650 thatched homes. It's another wor...Read more
December 17, 2024 • 28m
Japan is a land of volcanoes, many of them very active. And anywhere there are volcanoes, you will almost always find hot springs....Read more
December 24, 2024 • 28m
Called "tears of mermaids" or "dewdrops from the moon," pearls have captivated people since antiquity. The world's first cultured ...Read more