it’s ‘Castles You’d Recommend to Foreign Visitors to Japan’. Photo: Perati Komson/DreamstimeMatsumoto Castle Topping the list is Matsumoto Castle in Nagano prefecture. Affectionately ...

GIFU--The city of Seki, Gifu Prefecture, will likely lose its status as the “belly-button of Japan” five years from ... now part of Gujo city, in 1995, before it moved into Seki in 2000.

THE DANCE MARKS THE START OF SPRING AND A PRAYER FOR A GOOD HARVEST IN GIFU PREFECTURE, JAPAN. IT’S EVEN BEEN DESIGNATED AN INTANGIBLE FOLK CULTURAL ASSET BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. SO HOW DID ...

Japan's top trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, headed to Washington on Friday for a third round of talks. Sign up here. The worry is evident at companies like Kyowa Industrial, a maker of prototype ...

will allow up to 20 people to view a fireworks display from the tower of Gifu Castle in August. Applications will be accepted through May 18 at the dedicated Ticket Pia website (https://va.pia.jp ...

For decades, an "extremely rare" fossil sat unidentified in Japan's Museum of Unique Insect Fossils. Discovered in 1988 in Hyogo Prefecture, the imprint of a large butterfly wing and body is now ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 55 °F (12.8 °C). Cloudy with a high of 71 °F (21.7 °C) and a 53% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 4 to 12 mph (6.4 to 19.3 ...

A so-called prediction of a major earthquake striking in Japan in July has been circulating online for some time, with some media reports claiming it has shaken tourist confidence and triggered a ...

The central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, which has a trail to Mount Fuji, has enacted an ordinance amid risky behavior by some climbers. The new ordinance requires each hiker to pay an ...

TSUYAMA, Okayama -- A "modern castle" with an inverted trapezoid shape, built in this western Japan city in 1965 on the former site of a real castle, continues to capture attention while serving ...

A farmer harvests rice in a paddy field in Tambasasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 28, 2024. Editorial Fellow In Japan, the ruling government is weighing whether or not to put rice on the ...