Decorations include: The Green Room's Christmas tree features colored glass ornaments. Photo: Paige Hopkins/Axios The Blue Room showcases the official White ... A closeup of flowers and ornaments ...

In the old days, when fresh flowers for the festive season were hard to come by in snowy Hida, locals enjoyed decorating branches with red and white rice cakes that resemble flowers. The Takayama ...

Most of the fall decorations have been tucked away and the muted colors of the fall mums are being replaced with the bright colors of the poinsettia and other seasonal plants. Poinsettias have ...