The religious connotations of sake are evident at the brewery. The big cedar-leaves ball hanging under the eaves is a symbol ...

Sannai Maruyama is a whopping 42-hectare village (as large as nine ... It is part of the series "Lisa’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan," which depicts various parts of the country through ...

For centuries, Japanese artists and poets have been inspired by Mount Fuji's almost perfectly round form. The Fuji Five Lakes region at the foot of this UNESCO World Heritage Site makes a great ...

Found in one of Japan’s heaviest snowfall areas ... On the last day of your stay in Gifu, visit the village of Shirakawago, the UNESCO World Heritage site where you will see the traditional ...

JAPAN threatened to cut funding to Unesco after the heritage body added Chinese documents on a 1937 massacre to its Memory of the World archive. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said there was a ...

TOKYO – Japan’s sake breweries are staring down the threat of declining demand at home as consumer preferences shift to other alcoholic beverages like beer and wine – if they are still ...

KYODO — An advisory panel to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has recommended Japan's traditional knowledge and skills for making sake and "shochu ...

TOKYO, Japan — Japan's iconic Mount Fuji ... The lack of snow on Mt. Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site, as of Tuesday breaks ...

Blue oceans, sunny skies, warm hospitality. Okinawa Japan is a subtropical paradise best explored on a luxury cruise around ...

A UNESCO advisory panel has recommended registering Japanese sake brewing techniques that use kōji mold onto the intangible cultural heritage list, the Cultural Affairs Agency announced Tuesday.

Explore Romania's new 870-mile trail, winding through stunning citadels, UNESCO World Heritage sites, and picturesque villages.

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended Japan's traditional knowledge and skills for making sake and "shochu" distilled spirits be included in its Intangible Cultural ...