Travel Spots

Salmon push their way upstream to where they will spawn, on Hokkaido’s Shiretoko Peninsula. Near ...

HITA, Oita — Fluorescent stones scattered around the obsolete mine shaft emit colorful light to f...

GOTSU, Shimane — A brewery serving craft beer opened in September in an open area of an unmanned ...

UJI, Kyoto — The Nintendo Museum, which recently opened in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, exhibits almost...

Nature lovers walk on the side of Mt. Kurikoma, which straddles the prefectures of Miyagi, Akita ...

INUYAMA, Aichi — The interiors of passenger train cars used by Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken h...

KUSHIMA, Miyazaki — A horse drive was held last month to conduct annual health checks on wild hor...

TOKUSHIMA — Known as the “water city” due to the municipality having over 100 rivers, Tokushima i...

Kogei Dining, an event in which the audience can enjoy meals with dinnerware made by traditional ...

Hikone Castle in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, has the potential to meet the criteria of a World Heri...

Dahlias are seen at peak bloom at Himi Aiyama Garden in Himi, Toyama Pref.

About a kilometer north of the Imperial Palace lies a district called Jimbocho, home to what is s...

Children push giant pumpkins at the Ofuna Botanical Garden in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. Abou...

A boat-shaped float with the head of an Oriental dragon marches on the grounds of Suwa Shrine in ...

KYOTO — Muslim tourists are flocking to a newly opened building in Kyoto’s Shijo-Kawaramachi dist...