For those looking to combine a love of Japan with a love of luxury, we introduce Shizuoka. Situated between Tokyo and Nagoya.

This time we visit Shizuoka Prefecture, blessed by subsoil water flows from Japan's highest peak, Mt. Fuji. Edo-period shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu brought the best artisans across Japan to this region ...

A tiny park in Nagaizumi, Japan, has claimed the Guinness World Record for the "World's Smallest Park," measuring just 2.6 square feet, surpassing Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon. The park, created ...

SHIZUOKA--To say the new flagship store of the Surugaya hobby shop chain will be packed to the rafters with merchandise is to put it mildly. Operator a-too Inc. is intent on making it one of the ...

Newly discovered footage taken in Shizuoka Prefecture after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake constitutes what is probably among the oldest 35-millimeter records of tsunami damage in Japan.

The arrangement has also brought unexpected benefits, as some guests visit his shop during their ... Fuji and the Izu Peninsula, the city of Shizuoka is often overlooked by tourists.