Whether you're travelling from Tokyo to Kyoto to see centuries of history with your own eyes or heading north to Hokkaido for ...

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SAPPORO--Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) announced that its Norokko sightseeing trains will make their final runs by the ...

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation from intense heat due to metamorphism. Researchers tackled this by using ...

Vail Daily reporter John LaConte snowboards through the trees at the Kamui Ski Links, a municipally owned ski resort in ...

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet ...

A public high school in Hokkaido, which is in danger of being consolidated due ... introduced such a course and seen a significant increase in its student intake. Biei High School in Biei held an ...

Sure, they’re a great chance to get some of the best food Japan has to offer, but why have there been so many? One’s first guess might be that they rake in the dough with sales, but that’s actually ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- Nestled along a picturesque canal in Otaru, a historic port town in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, is a building with weathered brick walls and green-framed windows ...