The bulk of tourists to Japan take a so-called Golden Route: Tokyo, Hakone, Mount Fuji, Kyoto, and Osaka. But does this give a true taste of Japan’s real flavor? Hida-Furukawa is a small town that, ...

The Japanese countryside is beautiful in winter, spring, summer, and fall, and one of the best ways to appreciate the changing scenery is by riding the rails. Now, a Japanese rail company is ...

NOSTALGIC TRAIN, a “heartrending, mysterious first-person adventure / walking simulator” set in the Japanese countryside, will launch for PC via Steam on June 13 in Japan for 2,000 yen, developer ...

This video shows nightfall in the Japanese countryside beneath Mount Fuji, capturing the calm, rural atmosphere as the sky darkens. It highlights the peaceful scenery and natural beauty surrounding ...

While large cities like Tokyo and Osaka certainly have their own appeal, the Japanese countryside is really something special all on its own. Forests, lakes, waterfalls, and beaches…Japan has it all, ...

One of Japan's top architects has designed a train that is virtually invisible to onlookers, set to roll out on tracks around Tokyo in 2018. Kazuyo Sejima designed the chameleonic train to "blend into ...

With very little in the way of accommodations and dining options, Miyama, or Beautiful Mountain in Japanese, isn’t exactly what you’d call tourist-friendly. But this countryside town sees its fair ...

In October 2015, 445,600 Chinese tourists visited Japan, representing a twofold increase over October of the previous year. The mass media have been reporting that rural Japan is now second only to ...