Bath built a Japanese torii gate and memorial garden honoring citizens of Tsugaru who, in 1889, rescued crew members of the Cheseborough, a Bath-built merchant vessel that ran aground during a ...

This Japanese city rose from the ashes. Now it welcomes millions By Emiko Jozuka, CNN ... A new exhibition in Hiroshima Gate Park highlights how quickly businesses joined recovery efforts.

The sacred camphor tree at Kinomiya Shrine in Atami is no ordinary timber. Estimated to be more than 2,000 years old, it is ...

L ocated south of Tokyo, Yokohama ranks as Japan's second-largest city, with a population of just over 3 million residents. Although it is considered one of the most gorgeous cities in Japan ...

Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden, as it appeared in 1904. ... Post-war, the city leased the gardens to Alan Agnew and the Hagiwaras were not allowed to return. BEST OF SFGATE.

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine. The suspect, Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...