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Boutique Central’s matcha collection.
A tea merchant in this central Japan city has launched an original green tea blend inspired by the illustrations on packaging of plastic m ...
A local government's decision to promote a bridge as the perfect spot for an Instagramable shot of Mt. Fuji has backfired, ...
Locals living near the ‘Mount Fuji dream bridge’ complain about illegal parking and excessive noise from tourists.
Former Omega Boxing Gym standout Mark Vicelles successfully made weight for his Japan debut, set for Sunday, May 18, in Fuji, Shizuoka. Vicelles tipped the scales at 111.3 pounds, the same as his ...
In the sweltering Japanese summer, there’s a special dining experience that offers a delightful escape from the heat: enjoying a meal on a “kawadoko” (or “kawayuka”). Dining with the murmuring river ...
The call came after a Chinese student, who was rescued twice from Mount Fuji, said he went back the second time to try to ...
Visiting ruins from the prehistoric Yayoi period and collecting goshuin stamps there has recently been seeing a quiet rise in ...
Hidetada Sudo, the mayor of the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, expressed anger over people’s defiance of rules ...
As part of a plastic modelling initiative launched in 2020, Shizuoka began installing stainless-steel replicas of model kits ...
The mayor of Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, said he wants to charge for the cost of rescue operations on Mt. Fuji during ...