Mount Yoshino offers a good (and beautiful) reason to get out of Tokyo and Kyoto and venture off the beaten path.

After 2024 set a new record for tourist numbers in Japan, Rob Goss recommends switching out the biggest draws for these ...

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A massive torii gate at a shrine in this western Japan city has been lit up in red and blue, the theme colors of the 2025 ...

Mount Yoshino is located within Yoshino-Kumano National Park ... one of the most iconic places to participate in hanami in Japan. The five-mile-long mountain ridge that encompasses Mount Yoshino ...

several of Japan’s ancient and soulful sights on the nearby Kii Peninsula, only an hour away, merit diversions. These include the UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trails; Koyasan ...

Labor unions under the federation known as Rengo have so far secured a pay gain of 5.46% on average in ongoing annual wage ...

A bout 700 feet from Zambezi National Park and less than a 10-minute drive to Mosi-oa-Tunya, a.k.a. Victoria Falls, one of ...

Mount Yoshino in Yoshino-Kumano National Park is considered one of the best places to view cherry blossoms in Japan. There are more than 30,000 cherry blossom trees in the area, and some are ...

I am around 500km south of Tokyo and a four-hour scenic drive from Nara, deep in the forested heartland of Japan’s Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route. The view of the sweeping valley below is ...