A cherry blossom festival held here as a harbinger of early spring in the Izu Peninsula is now under way, but ironically not ...

Anyone bent on bypassing the heavy traffic and taking in the famous “Kawazuzakura” (Kawazu cherry blossoms) now has a luxury ...

In the frigid north, sea-eagles, with their seven-foot wingspans, and king crabs frequent the ice-covered seas off the remote Shiretoko Peninsula. In the mild central waters of the Izu Peninsula ...

A 21-YEAR-OLD woman from Chengdu, Sichuan, survived being swept 80km out to the sea off Japan’s Izu peninsula last July by clinging to a rented lifebuoy. China Press reported that she jokingly ...

Winter paths may close due to snow and ice. Just an hour by train from Tokyo, Atami on the Izu Peninsula offers hot springs, a tropical beach, and early-blooming plum trees. It’s a perfect ...