The world's first cultured pearls were born in Ise-Shima in Mie Prefecture. On this episode of Journeys in Japan, Do Minh Khai from Vietnam explores the Ise-Shima area, the home of magical pearls.

Ise Shima Bunka Kaihatsu, a company set up specifically last year to get the project up and running, said the facility in the Agocho-Shijima district of Shima aimed to provide “beginners to ...

In the cool waters off Japan’s Ise-Shima National Park, Aiko Ohno, a seasoned ama diver, glides effortlessly through the sea. Using only goggles, fins, a weight belt, and a mesh net called ...

ISE, Mie Prefecture--Kintetsu Railway Co. will start an irregular service allowing cyclists to bring their bicycles on trains heading to the Ise-Shima area, a popular cycling spot. The Cycle Train ...

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Patrol a pearl farm with a kitty named Pisuke, then meet a pearl shop cat that's got a special talent! Seeing happy kitties enjoy fresh seafood will warm your heart!

How the worst travel day of my career turned outMoscow. May of 1971. I went on to enjoy every day of my eventual career in travel. But I never forgot this worst travel day of... Getting your share ...

While Ise is famed for the Ise Shima shrine, Japan's most sacred, the bayside Futamiokitama Shrine and the famous wedded rocks, tied together by a sacred rice straw rope, are only a short walk ...