Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's ...

A cold snap amid an otherwise mild winter in western Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture led to the pond at the foot of the Nachi Falls freezing over for the first time this winter. The 133-meter-high ...

Priests dressed in traditional attire beat wooden boards with willow branches in front of a waterfall in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2025, during a ritual at the ...

Here, centuries-old Japanese cedars and cypress trees tower ... sits the sacred Shirataki Falls. Here, visitors can experience a centuries-old Buddhist ritual called takigyo, or waterfall ...

Japan fell outside the top 10 ranking of nations with the most highly cited scientific papers after being overtaken by Spain and South Korea, according to an education ministry report released on ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan 's northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and ...

At Koga Falls in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, the water flowing down the falls has frozen completely again this year ...