KKday Japan, a tour booking site operator ... Favorite spots on the tour in Yamagata Prefecture include Zao’s famous “juhyo” (frost-covered trees), known as snow monsters, and the nostalgic ...

Check with our partner site as the latest rates, rate details, and guest room requirements may vary. Set in Yamagata, 700 metres from Zao Onsen Ski Resort, Zao Sunvalley Hotel offers accommodation ...

Famous for its ice-covered trees, Zao's ski runs take advantage of its complex landforms and are ideal for intermediate skiers. Another feature of this resort is the hot springs, said to have been in ...

Yamagata, the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture, was the top spender on ramen in 2024 among Japan’s prefectural capitals and designated cities for the third year running, with an average ...

Leutwiler, captivated by the beauty of Japanese swords, came to Japan to train in the city of Shobara in the prefecture. After five years, he moved to the Kui district of Mihara in December.

Firefighters on Tuesday were battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the evacuation of nearly 4,000 local residents. White smoke billowed from a ...

They promptly unfurled a banner in the building to celebrate “our retaking Japan’s No. 1 spot in ramen consumption.” Ramen is serious business in Yamagata Prefecture. The internal affairs ...

By Jin Yu Young and Hisako Ueno Hisako Ueno reported from Tokyo. Japan’s largest wildfire in more than three decades was burning through a forested area of a small coastal city on Sunday after ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

After earning absolute power over Japan’s feuding factions, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the island nation’s first shogun, and in the early 17th century he consolidated his political control in Edo ...

TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - Japan's economy expanded in the October-December quarter at a slower pace than initially reported, weighed by weaker consumption but still likely supporting the case ...

A beautiful oil on canvas portrait of a Japanese girl by David Burliuk (Ukrainian/American, 1882-1967) – part of a fresh-to-market, never before offered collection of works by Burliuk – sold for ...