Are you one of 40 million travelers expected to visit Japan soon, but want a place less touristy than Tokyo and Kyoto?

The most famous attraction is Takachiho Gorge – a deep chasm carved out by several explosions from the nearby Mount Aso, ...

Tokyo, vol. 18), by T. Terada and T. Utigasaki, states that the annual loss due to forest fires in Japan is second in magnitude only to that suffered by the United States. Japanese meteorologists ...

Japanese culture offers numerous habits for a balanced lifestyle. By borrowing these simple yet effective habits from Japanese culture, anyone can improve their relationship with food and prevent ...

Mohamed Salah scored twice to take Liverpool nine points clear at the top of the Premier League by beating Bournemouth 2-0 on Saturday, while third-placed Nottingham Forest smashed Brighton 7-0. Salah ...

The Indonesian government wants to turn 20 million hectares (49 million acres) of forest into areas for food and energy production and water reserves, Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni recently said ...

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara are showing how abandoned coconut plantations have taken over Pacific islands, choking out many native plants, according to Earth.com.

The Japanese island of Hashima was closed in 1974 ... In the spring of years past, the annual Hashima Shrine Festival would be held, and in the summer there were fireworks displays and bon odori ...

A mysterious Florida ghost town - where residents abandoned their homes 62 years ago - has suddenly attracted visitors once again. The lost town of Yukon - which was once full of paved streets ...

In 2022, the Julian Benson Foundation bought an abandoned Victorian redbrick in the south Dublin suburb of Rathgar. As founder of JBF, it was Julian’s dream to build a space that could cater for ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Edsa Shrine, a historic landmark built in remembrance of the bloodless 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship, has been elevated to a ...

I set out on a 3 ½-week trip to Japan. The timing worked out — the ... The 126-acre Tokugawa shrine and temple complex — which became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999 — is less than ...