In each city, we’ll hold a reception where guests can learn more about Nagano, with a focus on nature and food. One-third of U.S. tourists who visit Japan are from California, so this area is ...

Straddling four tectonic plates, Japan’s landscape buckles and ruptures ... Called Yanbaru, this UNESCO-listed national park area is home to endangered and endemic species including the ...

Japan’s countryside offers a serene escape ... this hidden paradise is a haven for nature lovers. Hiking trails wind through stunning vistas, offering a peaceful retreat from city life.

AN instructive physiographic map or diagram of Japan on a scale of about 80 miles ... The Inland Sea forms a notable area of depression in this zone.

Shikoku has a quiet, but profound presence in Japan's archipelago ... understand why people have been visiting for centuries. The area has long been a sacred spot for Shugendo (mountain asceticism ...

The company behind a new nature adventure park on Japan's southern island of Okinawa is hoping the country's huge tourism ...

Sakuragawa (Japan) (AFP) – When nature calls, Masana Izawa has followed the same routine for more than 50 years: heading out to the woods in Japan, dropping his pants and doing as bears do.

Hibiki, meaning ‘resonance’ in Japanese, celebrates a profound harmony with nature encapsulated in ‘Monozukuri’ – Japanese craftsmanship. Three generations of master blenders have ...

But you can give faeces back to nature so that organisms in the soil ... "Fundo-shi" ("poop-soil master") Izawa is something of a celebrity in Japan, publishing books, delivering lectures and ...