Renowned for picturesque sand dunes, laid-back hot springs resorts, the hometowns of popular manga artists and one of western Japan’s highest mountains, Tottori (Japan’s least-populated prefecture) is ...

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Thousands of visitors flock to Japan's Ashikaga Flower Park to witness the breathtaking beauty of over 350 wisteria trees in full bloom. Some of these stunning trees are over 100 years old ...

Japan's Environment Ministry says seal carcasses in the country's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido have tested positive for a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu. The ministry says this is the ...

Somei Yoshino cherry trees bloomed on April 20 at Matsumae Park in the town of Matsumae, located in the southernmost part of Hokkaido ... and Friday at 4 p.m., Japan time. Click/tap here for ...

A local fishing operator in Hokkaido is preparing to hold a shipboard ceremony to remember people who died in the fatal tourist boat sinking off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula in the ...

Smith arrived in Tokyo, Japan on April 19 and attended meetings and bilateral conversations with the Governor and government officials of Hokkaido. On Monday Smith led a roundtable with Hokkaido ...

TOKYO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A norovirus outbreak has sickened 140 people at Hotel Daiheigen, a hot spring resort in Japan's Hokkaido, local media reported Saturday. The source of the outbreak was ...

They are offering visitors the chance to hold a range of birds including a Ural owl, a Bengal/Indian Eagle Owl, a Northern white-faced owl, an Indian Scops owl, and a dark breasted barn owl.

A Taiwanese tourist faced intense online backlash after vigorously shaking cherry blossom trees in Japan to create a romantic “cherry blossom rain” for photos. The unidentified woman was ...