We’ve spent 5 weeks traveling around Japan in the spring and fall seasons, and during both trips we made sure to visit Nara ...

TOKYO: Increasingly, people are holding proper funerals when they lose their dog, cat or other beloved pet. The ceremonies ...

Locals share their inside knowledge of what to see, eat, drink and buy in the Nepalese capital city Until the formation of ...

Increasingly, people are holding proper funerals when they lose their dog, cat or other beloved pet. The ceremonies may be attended by Buddhism priests who read out sutras, and memorial services may ...

With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...

One of the largest is the 600-year-old tree measuring 15 meters in height and having a circumference of three meters at its ...

The Kansai area will never experience a major earthquake.” That was how many people felt before the Great Hanshin-Awaji ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...

Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist ...

At least 27 people have died in what have grown into the largest wildfires in South Korea's history. Most of those who have ...