Located on the coast of Ishikari Bay, Otaru is famous for its preserved canal district, illuminated by streetlights after sundown, and roads that rise steeply from the shoreline making for dramatic ...

During the Edo period, Kanazawa was the heart of the Kaga domain and soon expanded to become one of Japan's largest castle towns. The layout of the city revolved ... in autumn to view the fiery ...

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles ...

The Expo 2025 has opened in Osaka with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of ...

A Japanese city has hired security guards to oversee a scenic vista after it became inundated with tourists. Officials have been stationed to manage the overflow of tourists during the lunar new ...

The map locates Lake Suwa, and the city of Suwa, on its southeastern shore, in Nagano Prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan. “Carrying on a tradition for 580 years binds our community together ...