A picture-perfect village in Japan is staying alive with a population of just one person. Discover the story behind this ...

The Japan Foundation of New York has awarded a Global Partnership Foundation Grant to Shelburne Craft School to establish a ...

The ancient tradition of “murahachibu,” ostracizing community members as punishment, gets a contemporary twist in Hideo ...

Shiiba, one of Japan's three great unexplored regions, is hidden in mountains over 1,000 meters tall. The people in this secluded village have preserved their traditional landscapes and ancient ...

The drumming coming from the island, however, is not from the traditional Japanese taiko but from students ... of three islands that make up Mishima village, along with Takeshima and Kuroshima ...

Okinawa Adventures has launched a wellness tour in its namesake prefecture, one of only five 'Blue Zones' where people live ...

The Nanto City Tourism Association (Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture; President Seiichi Kawai) launched sales on December 6 for a special tour, "Stay in World Heritage Gokayama: Japan's Oldest Folk Song ...