Vacant commercial spaces are being turned into guest accommodation in the central Japan city of Shizuoka, offering visitors an alternative to conventional lodgings and helping revitalise the local ...

It was July 1992, I had been in Japan for three weeks of my yearlong assignment as a Pennsylvania Department of Education assistant English teacher in the city ... trains to Mount Fuji and ...

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

The town hosts Lake Kawaguchiko, Lake Motosuko, Lake Saiko and Lake Shojiko, four of the so-called Fuji Five Lakes at the foot of Japan’s tallest peak ... of Mount Fuji at the site. The city ...

Mount Fuji can be easily seen from multiple prefectures. But the Lawson site has been a particularly hot tourist spot since a social media influencer posted a shot of Japan’s tallest peak there ...

Kate Rezac, visiting from Omaha, brushes snow off her vehicle in Kansas City on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Kansas City was blanketed with snow overnight and into the early morning Wednesday. Dominick ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Snow crews across the Kansas City metro are working 12-hour shifts to clear roads after the most recent storm. “Bringing normalcy to the city is always the goal,” said ...

A person shovels snow in a shopping ... Agency. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that snowfall levels as of 5 p.m. on Feb. 10 included 427 centimeters in the city of Aomori, 329 cm in ...

NEITHER WILL THE KANSAS CITY, KANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. REPORT With several inches of snow forecast overnight and into Wednesday, some metro schools are either canceling classes or switching to ...