The “Jewel of Shonan,” an event to illuminate Enoshima Island and nearby Katase Beach ... named after a British individual who lived in Japan in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) and won renown ...

Awaji Island, once a quiet and largely overlooked area of Japan, has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years. Located just 30 minutes by car from Kobe and an hour’s drive from ...

Hashima Island is a chilling, deserted island just nine miles off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan. The island has been abandoned for over half a century and is now entirely reclaimed by nature.

We spent the next year and a half traveling through Mexico, before arriving in the fall of 2023 on Ōmishima Island in Japan's Ehime Prefecture. We bought two abandoned "akiya" houses for a total ...

When tourists flock to Japan, they often gravitate toward its central island, Honshu, or its northern island, Hokkaido. This was the case in 2024, when Japan had three cities trending for travel ...

Although summer is usually the season for fireworks in Japan, this Shonan festival ... launched against the dark silhouette of the nearby Enoshima Island. The nighttime seascape makes for the ...

Making island-hopping a real option for travelersWith interisland air service on the increase, tourism officials are spreading the word about the diversity of cultures and ...

Japan on Tuesday lifted a tsunami advisory for some remote islands after making the warning hours earlier following a strong earthquake. Earlier, Japan issued a tsunami advisory for residents of ...

Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday announced that non-native mongooses have been eradicated from Amami-Oshima Island in the country's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. Amami-Oshima is ...

Three people were killed and three others are missing in flooding in southwest Japan caused by the ... of rain were dumped on parts of Kyushu island. The national weather agency logged 402.5mm ...

The long arm of a construction crane soars above the thick jungle on subtropical Ishigaki Island where Japan, which embraced pacifism 80 years ago, is preparing for a war it hopes never begins.

Hence, the islands get Japanuburied during Japanuary. Speaking of, Japan is actually split into 14,125 islands, but the only two you have to worry about for skiing are Honshu (the large main island) ...