With record visitor numbers in 2024 putting strain on Japan's tourist hotpots, here are four places to visit far away from crowds in 2025 If it felt like everyone you knew had been on holiday to Japan ...

Hokkaido 50 centimeters, and northern Kanto and Nagano prefectures 40 centimeters. During the 24 hours through Friday evening, 50 centimeters of snow is expected in northern Kanto, 40 centimeters ...

A private car is even more convenient. The Sakudaira basin is surrounded by Mt. Asama (a volcano) in the north, the Kanto Mountains in the east, with the town of Tateshina in the south spreading out ...

The designation of these two towns has brought the total of Best Tourism Villages in Japan to eight, with previous selections including Biei and Niseko in Hokkaido ... with Yokohama Bay Bridge ...

Otaru Canal, a popular tourist attraction, is seen in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Jan. 26, 2025. (Mainichi/Haruka Ito) OTARU, Hokkaido -- This northern Japanese city implemented new measures on Jan. 28 to ...

A five month-long project to paint the Kessock Bridge in the Highlands is due to start on 17 February. Road maintenance company Bear Scotland said the task, costing £1.5m, was not expected to ...

The William R. Bennett Bridge connecting West Kelowna to Kelowna has reopened to traffic in both directions after an explosives team gave the all-clear to a suspicious white van that had been ...

1:40 Police investigating after fatal five-car collision on Pattullo Bridge A five-vehicle fatal crash on the Pattullo Bridge closed the crossing for most of Sunday. The crash, which happened on ...

The facility, which will operate around the theme of people visiting the world of living things and spending time together, will feature an underwater viewing tunnel that will allow visitors to walk ...

These bookshelf speakers have TV-friendly connectivity and can outshout most soundbars. The Kanto Audio Ren also look sharp on a desk, and are equally dynamic as a stereo pair. You might think a pair ...

A 61-year-old Chinese tourist was fatally struck by a train in the city of Otaru, Hokkaido, on Thursday morning after stepping onto the tracks to take photos. The woman, visiting the coastal city ...