This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Straddling four tectonic plates, Japan’s landscape buckles and ruptures at the whims of the fiery Pacific Rim. The result is dramatic: ...

Love trail running? The latest documentary from British outdoors brand Rab is here, and it's not one to miss. Set in Japan's spectacular Northern Alps, 'In the footsteps of Banryu' follows a team of ...

ISE, Japan (AP) -- Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so ...