There are many good reasons to guzzle down a Japanese hotpot. One being: it’s delicious. However, fatigue from having kayaked in 32C temperatures through mangrove forests is rarely one of them. Writer ...

What’s more, Aomori city is home to one of Japan’s most renowned summer festivals: the Nebuta Festival, taking place from ...

KATOKU, Japan — Standing on its mountain-fringed beach, there is no hint that the Japanese village of Katoku even exists. Its handful of houses hide behind a dune covered with morning glories and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sunset at Shirahama's picturesque beach front is a local highlight not to be missed. Photograph by André Zerbe / Koworu, Getty ...

Imagine yourself enjoying a tranquil, warm, clear morning at a beach and are expecting to hear nothing but the gentle surf and occasionally a stray seashell. But instead, you come across an enormous, ...