In Japan, Timeshares Are Back, and Cooler Than Ever
A new model of ownership is allowing middle-class families and wealthy vacationers alike to buy a piece of alluring ...
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A Zen Mountain Town With Healing Hot Springs Known As 'The Hamptons Of Japan'
Often referred to as "the Hamptons of Japan," Karuizawa sits at the foot of Mount Asama — and enjoys all of the benefits of this postcard-worthy region. A popular spot with local and ...
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This Design-forward Resort Town in Japan Is the Perfect Mountain Retreat — and It's Not Far From Tokyo
Hovering over the landscape was stately Mount Asama, its summit tipped with white. I had heard about Karuizawa for what felt like the entirety of my childhood. It was the place where my mother had ...
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An Age of Earth-Shaking Changes
Mount Asama, Nishinoshima island, and the Zhupanovsky compound volcano in Kamchatka. There were also eruptions on Mount Raung in Bali, Indonesia, and the Colima volcano in Mexico, and the big ...
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In Japan, timeshares are back, and cooler than ever
TOKYO - In the foothills of Mount Asama, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, jagged lava formations dot the landscape – remnants of a 1783 eruption that swallowed villages and permanently ...