The next time you visit Japan, plan to spend time north of ... Nikko, the town at the entrance to Nikko National Park, offers a lush landscape that is a stark contrast to the metropolitan area ...

If shrines and temples peak your interest, the park is home to several UNESCO World Heritage Sites collectively known as the Shrines and Temples of Nikko. Nikko Toshogu Shrine is the most famous of ...

Nikko is a delight for those hoping to catch ... See the park website for suggested routes. This mountainous national park on Japan’s main island spans Gunma, Nagano and Niigata prefectures ...

Chausu Peak of Mount Nasu in spring, Nikko National Park. Photograph Courtesy Ministry of the Environment, Japan. It is also home to a live volcano. Curious visitors who want to get a glimpse can ...

In Nikko National Park – a sprawling area in Fukushima ... in time for sunrise. Japan’s national parklands boast picturesque landscapes and protections for native flora and fauna as well ...

if you believe in Japanese mythology. A Sessho-seki, or “killing stone,” was found cracked in half this month in Nikko National Park, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Tokyo.

The answer depends partly on your reading of ancient Japanese mythology. This month, a volcanic rock split in two in Nikko National Park, about 100 miles north of Tokyo. Intact, the rock was about ...