Journey to Japan’s lesser-visited mountainous region, home to many distinctive traditional inns, within whose walls you can ...

Enjoy four seasons of natural beauty, festivities and outdoor activities off the beaten track in Japan's north. North of Tokyo, the Tohoku region unfolds across seven prefectures that offer a ...

as Tohoku's performing arts and unique food traditions reflect a deep reverence for its landscape. Beyond Japan's urban bustle, this serene region reveals a timeless balance where people and ...

Draft horses showcased their strength and speed in a race held in Wakuya Town, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan.

14500 B.C.-1000 B.C.), Japan had a population of 75,800, of whom a whopping 52 percent were estimated to live in the Tohoku region, according to Hiroshi Kito's "Jinko kara Yomu Nihon no Rekishi ...

They were meant to be No. 1 in Japan,” Sato said ... But no team from the six prefectures of the Tohoku region had ever taken home the national title. Tohoku teams, hampered by long snowy ...

A giant puppet from Japan’s northeastern Tohoku region is on its way to Tokyo as part of the Nippon Festival, a series of cultural events held in celebration of the upcoming Olympics and ...

The design of the E10 will be based on a green color scheme reminiscent of the mountains of northeast Japan's Tohoku region, with a lighter upper part and a darker lower part. In terms of safety ...

It has been 14 years since the devastating triple disaster in Fukushima, Japan. In March 2011, the country’s most powerful recorded earthquake rocked the Tohoku region, spawning a massive ...

The Tohoku region of Japan is synonymous with the great 17 th-century writer Matsuo Basho — whose journey into the north of his country was recorded in his masterpiece, The Narrow Road to the ...