JTB Corp. has recently launched a winter-only restaurant at a hotel in Hakuba Village, Nagano Prefecture, which is known as a ...

The Japan Times covered the emergence of bear encounters on ski resorts in the Nagano Prefecture. The Hakuba47 Mountain ...

The phenomenon of listening bars originated in Japan — and in frenetic Tokyo they offer a unique way to switch off, wind down ...

Ruggiero hasn't just watched women's hockey grow. The four-time Olympic medalist has lived it, experienced it, and been at ...

NAGANO—Okinawa Prefecture once boasted the longest life expectancy in the country, but it has now dropped well out of the top ...

Far from the neon lights of Tokyo, temples and shrines of Kyoto and the Osaka street food scene is Okinawa, Japan’s ...

Japan’s cherry blossoms are a springtime highlight for many visitors, alongside its food, temples, and cultural experiences. Every year, travelers flock to ...

The snowy capital of the island of Hokkaido offers a quieter alternative to Japan’s congested “Golden Route” of Tokyo, Osaka ...

A rescue worker recalled the 2016 crash of a ski tour bus in Karuizawa in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano that killed 15 people and injured 26 others, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the ...

Japan has always been a hot spot, come winter, spring or summer. Tours to the country, though aplenty, mostly cover the ...

Some of the best American medal hopefuls for the Milan Cortina Olympics come from figure skating and alpine skiing.

Snowboarder Ueli Kestenholz, a former Olympic bronze medalist from Switzerland, died on Sunday January 11. after being ...