For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ... First, people were awakened at night by a loud rumbling.

as we train cruise through the natural winter wonderland of the old Echizen Province on the Sea of Japan.

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--About 300 dazzling fireworks lit up the cold winter night near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Itsukushimajinja shrine here on Jan. 14. The pyrotechnics were ...