A short distance south of Tokyo, Shizuoka Prefecture is earning a reputation as a luxury destination for those in search of ...

driving officials to put up a barrier of black mesh to obstruct the view that had gone viral online. The climbing season this year on Mount Fuji, which straddles the prefectures of Yamanashi and ...

Explore the outer regions of the Greater Tokyo area, where you can trade skyscrapers for stunning natural landscapes and ...

In a study published in Environmental Chemistry Letters, scientists climbed Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama to collect ... in particular limited. “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first ...

Top: A parking lot at Arakurayama Sengen Park where a fee is being considered, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, in December Bottom: Many tourists are seen at Arakurayama Sengen Park, where people ...

Should you visit Hakone as a day trip from Tokyo or stay overnight? This complete guide weighs up the options to help you ...

By Sujata Rajpal From the station turn right, and after two hundred metres your destination will be on your left,” explained ...

The figures far surpass 2019's record of nearly 32 million arrivals and compare with 25.07 million visitors in 2023 ...

First residents of the car maker’s Woven City, near Tokyo, will move in this year. The company views it as an experiment and ...

THIS year marks 200 years of train travel in the UK, and if you think your commute is bad these days… you’ll be horrified at what the railways used to be like. The first train journey ...

Described as the UK's "best paint and wine night", Paint Vine's motto is: "Drink. Paint. Just don’t drink the paint." Learn ...