In the fall of 2020, the town of Tsushima’s Watazumi Shrine was damaged by a typhoon that struck the area, destroying one of its torii gates that rises out of the bay waters adjacent to the shrine. In ...

Prospective hikers to the Japanese tourist site will have to take a class about hiking safety and local rules.

The sad story behind those Studio Ghibli memes, humans require a “modest death event” to understand AGI risk, robots-in-homes ...

The Southerners’ olive tree, the one that was planted in the front yard, now overturned, uprooted, burned, and burned and burned, they cradle it. They kiss it, like a mother her dead child. They hold ...

The one-legged Torii gate has significant meaning of its own, however, as one can famously be found at the Sannō Shrine in Nagasaki, located 900 metres from the hypocenter of the World War 2 ...

Once a thriving arm of Japan's industrial revolution, Hashima Island was once home to 5,000 residents - but it has been ...

(CNN) — Mount Fuji is a UNESCO World heritage site, a world-famous landmark and an icon of Japan. But it has also become a “trash mountain” overcrowded by millions of tourists. To try and ...

“By strongly promoting comprehensive safety measures for climbing Mount Fuji, we will ensure that Mount Fuji, a treasure of the world, is passed on to future generations,” said Koutaro ...