It looks like an ordinary road - but as you drive, it starts to sing! Hidden in the scenic countryside near Mount Fuji, this Japanese “music road” creates melodies using carefully carved grooves that ...

RICE is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval- shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the ...

I love this gorgeous woodblock print from Hasui Kawase, View of Azalea Garden from Mt. Fuji. Hasui was a significant ...

Despite being designed to attract tourists, the Mt Fuji Dream Bridge is facing backlash from locals overwhelmed by the surge ...

Tourists are cancelling their trips abroad after a woman who has been referred to as Japan 's 'Baba Vanga' made a terrifying ...

This multimodal route through the country’s Northern Alps is a great alternative to the similar journey around Mount Fuji — ...

The true story of how a rainstorm at a U.S. Marine encampment led to a deadly conflagration.

Locals in Japan have complained about the huge surge of tourist numbers since the opening of a new bridge which is set ...

A Japanese prefecture that shares Mt. Fuji is considering charging rescued individuals for helicopter deployments to the ...

As more climbers have become stranded on Mt Fuji when the mountain is closed to the public, the Yamanashi prefectural ...

As more climbers have become stranded on Mt. Fuji when the mountain is closed to the public, the Yamanashi prefectural ...

Local residents in Japan have been left fuming after a bridge, dubbed “Mount Fuji dream bridge”, has become a mecca for tourists wanting the perfect shot of Mount Fuji. The bridge in Fuji, Shizuoka ...