For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

Winter in Japan's oldest private herb garden in Uda, Nara Prefecture. As fallen leaves and withered grass cover the ground, the search begins for treasures hidden beneath the frozen soil.

The days start getting longer, while the coldest part of winter is yet to come ... useful perspectives on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture.

A mild winter with reduced snowfall is expected around Japan, while some areas will experience midsummer-like days with maximum temperatures topping 30 degrees until early October, the Japan ...

In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by ... are undeniably magnetic - they were the stage for the 1998 Winter Olympics - we are not here to carve through powder.

UONUMA, Japan >> More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city on Feb. 9, in what the local weather bureau called the coldest air this winter to ...