This national park known as the "Playground of the Gods" in Japan is a outdoor-loving travelers paradise with gorgeous ...

About 30,000 cherry trees are in flower, enveloping the entire mountain in a pale pink hue. As of April 8 ... senbon" (1,000 trees at a glance). (Japanese original by Naoto Yamanaka, Gojo Local ...

Tourists on Saturday (April 12) enjoyed the view of cherry blossoms and tulips in full bloom alongside the snow-capped ...

Accompanied by mountain guides, Japan-based writer Ally Hongo walks the mountains of Dewa Sanzan in search of deeper discoveries in the Japanese philosophy of mindfulness and self-discovery.

He has put it into practice in the mountains of the Southern Japanese Alps, where magnificent nature still remains. “The only thing you can leave behind in the mountains are your footprints ...

and their surrounding forest landscape reflect a persistent and extraordinarily well-documented tradition of sacred mountains over 1,200 years. The area, with its abundance of streams, rivers and ...