Architect Rei Mitsui drew inspiration from ancient structures to create a two-winged home with a sunken living area and a ...

A popular daytrip from central Tokyo, Mount Takaosan at 599 meters high is seemingly a safe and casual hike compared to ...

Africa gave Michael Hincks the travel bug when he was 16. Soon, he was five continents down and keen to complete the set ...

The IAEA Comprehensive Report on the Safety Review of the ALPS-Treated Water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, released in July 2023, found Japan’s approach to discharging the ALPS ...

Summary Japan’s government released a free Minecraft map of its G-Cans underground flood facility The map educates players on disaster prevention infrastructure, replicating G-Cans realistically ...

The Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route is one of the world's most famous mountain tourist sites. It traverses the Japanese Alps and boasts scenery that could rival the snow-capped mountains of the Swiss ...

Although VSGs in the northern Japanese Alps have interannual variation in which the entire area is either in an accumulation or ablation area (Higuchi et al., 1979; Fukui et al., 2018, Fukui et al., ...

Hakuba, nestled in the Japanese Alps, is renowned for its breathtaking landscapes and world-class outdoor adventures. On a clear day in Nagano, paragliding is a wonderful way to feel the wind in your ...

Also, Japan is one of the few countries that requires an International Driver’s License to rent a car (in the U.S., AAA sells these for a nominal fee). Explore a UNESCO-recognized village.

As winter’s chill inches into Nozawa Onsen, a natural hot spring village in the Japanese Alps of Nagano Prefecture, a warm, welcoming community known as Shizen Collective enters its third year ...

For decades, Shimizu kept his past hidden, not even telling his wife or the two daughters they raised together in a quiet corner of the Japanese Alps. But now, at 94, he is not remaining silent.