They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa, Japan For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have ...

Tucked away on Mount Hachimantai in northeastern Japan is a lake called Kagami Numa. Most of the time it's pretty ordinary looking, but if you go there at the right time you might be lucky to get ...

Born from a volcanic eruption around 2,000 years ago, Japan’s mysterious Mashu-ko, or Lake Mashu, located on the island of Hokkaido, is rumoured to be one of the clearest lakes in the world.