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 ...

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

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 ...

KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture--East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will introduce the Satono sightseeing train for three prefectures in the southern Tohoku region in April. The Aizu Satono will ...

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 winters, had been looked ...

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 ...

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 ...