Beyond Tokyo lies the charm of the Gifu prefecture. After a dream holiday, writer Lizzy has compiled the ultimate Gifu travel guide.

A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.

Snow-covered cherry blossom trees and a castle moat in this northern Japan city are currently lit up in pink in the evenings, ...

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...

including those at Marugame Castle in Kagawa Prefecture and Ozu Castle in Ehime Prefecture, both located in western Japan. Tourism is booming in Japan, but activity is largely concentrated in ...

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What are the best Minecraft castle builds? Minecraft’s sprawling, procedurally generated landscapes lend themselves perfectly to the majesty of a castle build, be it in the snow, lush green ...

I set out on a 3 ½-week trip to Japan. The timing worked out — the ... I enjoyed spending a half-day at Osaka Castle, but with more time I would have visited the Osaka Museum of Housing and ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

The Labanese/UAE-produced picture “The Sand Castle” begins with a shot of Riman Al Rafeea, as the young girl Jana, framed behind a large cloth of blue that could be a sheet, or a sail. In an abrupt ...

A witness called 110 at around 7:00 am on Friday morning to report that a man had collapsed on the street in Gifu City and appeared to have been ... Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Japan’s ...