But it was during the pandemic's forced stillness, when the borders shut for three years, that I began venturing deeper into ...

In a bid to attract visitors frustrated by Japan’s crowds, one coastal corner of Fukui prefecture offers genuine connection ...

This week, three metres of powder snow will coat Japan’s Central Alps, a region Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata labelled ...

A quiet city in Japan has been using a surprising method to keep roads snow-free for decades. No salt, no plows—just a clever solution hiding in plain sight. North America isn’t using it, and the ...