Luye Shinto Shrine, which some English-language sources refer to as Shikano Shrine, is a replica of the one that stood near ...

Nanmoku, Japan – Like all bakers, their day starts before dawn. Hours later, as the mid-afternoon light streams through the windows of their kitchen, Masayuki Kaneta, 85, and his son, Shigeuki ...

In 20 towns and villages around Japan, the number of available assembly seats was higher than the number of candidates, up from eight in the previous local elections. They included: Akkeshi in ...

TOTSUKAWA, Nara Prefecture--Hanako Kakuta became enchanted with the appeal of Japan’s biggest village, nestled as it is by summits in the Kii mountain range. With a population of just 3,000 or ...

Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture is one of Japan's snowiest regions ... Come and visit a mountain village that appears to be frozen in time.