YASUGI, Shimane Prefecture—The Adachi Museum of Art’s picturesque gardens have defended their title as the best in Japan for the ... 165,000 square meters. A mountain range in the background ...

SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village ... And when big earthquakes hit, often damaging ...