flowing through both Aichi and Gifu Prefectures. In spring, more than 1,300 cherry blossom trees bloom along its banks. Though it may not be as widely known as other cherry blossom spots in Japan ...

The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are two traditional mountain villages located in the Shogawa river valley in the Gifu and Toyama prefectures of Japan. These villages are known ...

Don’t write an obituary for tourist info offices just yet. In Asia, these centers are thriving – and not just because people need directions. In Japan and Korea, these offices are tourist attractions ...

Beyond translation and basic questions about how to find the closest public bathroom, Japan’s tourist support centers are also attractions in their own right. Each center in Japan has its own ...

Japan Post Co. will begin offering weekend services at select post offices in tourist areas while reducing ... the Magome Post Office in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, according to a company ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Village officials have released an unusual tourism guidebook aimed at alleviating overtourism problems and concerns in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site here.

Perhaps that’s why the so-called Three-Star Road linking the central Honshu prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Toyama and Ishikawa stands out from the pack of Japan’s other prescribed tourist routes ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Japan has become a hot travel destination in recent years but there may be some changes on the horizon. To help control the influx of visitors, the Japanese government is ...

The unique mix of cultural traditions and cutting-edge modernity, its emphasis on wellness and aesthetic of comfort, and its natural landscapes and popular attractions are just part of what makes ...

Two of Japan’s leading ... perspectives on travel trends,” GVB general manager Régine Biscoe Lee said in a statement. The International Tourism and Business Program for Gifu Shotoku Gakuen ...

(Mainichi/Yuria Kiyama) An American tourist in his 70s was recently arrested in Japan for possessing a handgun, which he had inadvertently brought with him in his suitcase along with ammunition.