It’s easy to while away an afternoon wandering Jimbocho, the Tokyo neighbourhood chockablock with more than 130 bookshops, crammed full of vintage and rare volumes, old fashion magazines and other ...

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Japan's hot spring culture, currently under consideration by a government council for a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage bid, has been defined by an association as a long-standing practice of ...

This photo taken on Oct. 12, 2025, shows an open-air hot spring bath in Kazuno, Akita Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of Yutaka Seki, executive director of the Japan Onsen Association)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo ...

The military will help transport, set and inspect the box traps used to capture the bears. Japan's military deployed troops to the country's mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an ...

Not fussed on ski slopes? While friends and family carve up the powdery mountains, treat yourself to a trip to one of these famous onsen towns, writes Arundhati Hazra. Sitting in a hot spring pool in ...

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Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...

Entergram will release Nutrients-developed Japanese-style visual novel Nagi no Koi digitally for PlayStation 4 and Switch in spring 2026 in Japan for 2,700 yen, the publisher announced. Nagi no Koi ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Soak in the three-Michelin-starred baths of Hyotan Onsen. Learn more about the craft of traditional bamboo weaving by taking a class at the Bamboo Cultural Center. Take a thermal sand bath while ...