Weather News announced that cherry blossom is expected to bloom nationwide earlier than usual. The earliest blooming is seen ...

Meet Frenchman Jules Brunet, the real-life last samurai. Fighting alongside the Shogunate rebels who wanted to maintain ...

A government investigation has confirmed that tunnel construction for the shinkansen bullet train line extension to Sapporo ...

The best Japanese whiskies include the Mars Shinshu Iwai, Hibiki 21 Year, Hibiki Japanese Harmony, and Yamazaki 12-Year-Old ...

Guards at Funamizaka slope in Otaru will help regulate visitor flow to popular tourist spot featured in 1995 Japanese film ...

Similarly, in Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost region, cherry blossoms bloom as early as mid-January. Some of the popular ...

Nintendo finally gave us our first glimpse at the Switch 2, but that’s not the only follow-up/sequel they’re involved in these days. Last month saw the opening of the first expansion for the Super ...

Kushiro ramen is a local Hokkaido gourmet dish that features thin, curly noodles served in a light soy sauce-based broth.

The woman entered the Hakodate Line tracks near Asari Station in Otaru to photograph the ocean with her phone.

Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan - December 01, 2024 Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical ...

TOKYO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- A tourist from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) lost her life in Japan's Otaru, Hokkaido, after being struck by a train on Thursday.