Escape the crowds and discover a quieter Japan at these 12 hotels, from mountaintop ryokan to island hideaways.

FUN FACT: There are about 5000 Steller’s sea eagles left in the world, and 2000 of them come to Hokkaido each year. Once your ...

In honor of his mother and others imprisoned at the internment camp, baseball player Dan Kwong has restored a diamond in the ...

The cosy 30-seater will serve a unique curry and miso-based ramen alongside Hokkaido soul food favourites and local drinks. Shimokitazawa, a Bohemian neighbourhood that’s an easy four-station ...

“Blue Train,” I said ... which looks like a turquoise lake at the bottom of a deep crater. A plaque on the bridge paid homage to the people of the Royal Bafokeng Nation, an ethnic group ...

Was the cosmic whirlpool a spiral galaxy, a UFO, or something much more down to Earth? Is it a plane? Is it a satellite? Is it a galaxy? Is it aliens? A strange blue spiral lit up the skies over ...

The journey from Cape Sata at the southern tip of Kyushu to Cape Soya, the northernmost point of Hokkaido, is about 2,000 miles – or it would be, if they hadn’t gotten lost already.

They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa, Japan For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have ...

Redlight co-owner Erika Abalos-Hernandez has enjoyed a friendship with Joshua Hsu, Jerry Hsu’s youngest son, who is known locally as “Wellness Sheriff Hokkaido Hank,” for quite some time.