The Tohoku Regional Forest Office in the city of Akita has announced that beech trees in five Tohoku prefectures of ...

The Tohoku Line, part of the JR East Railway Company, covers the Tohoku region comprising the upper third of the main Japanese island of Honshu. The Tohoku Line has its southern end in Tokyo and ...

Tohoku is famous for its excellent rice production and seaside location. As a result, the region ... More offers some of the best dining experiences found anywhere in Japan.

The Tohoku region of Japan is synonymous with the great 17 th-century writer Matsuo Basho — whose journey into the north of his country was recorded in his masterpiece, The Narrow Road to the ...

Typhoon No. 5 gained intensity as it approached eastern Japan on July 14, threatening to bring strong winds, high waves and ...

Tohoku, the northernmost region of Honshu island, is particularly ripe for culinary exploration. Japan food expert Elizabeth Andoh is the author of the book “ KIBO – Brimming with Hope ,” a ...

As residents of Japan battle scorching heat, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Friday that the rainy season is likely ...

Compared to an average year, the rainy season ended a day earlier in the Kanto-Koshin region, five days earlier in Hokuriku ...

SENDAI, Japan — Japan’s northeastern region suffered a 60% decline in foreign tourists after the earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011. Hiroaki Takahashi, chairman of the ...

How Tohoku’s history fed Japan’s folklore. The tales from Tohoku aren’t pure fantasy; many are shaped by the region’s difficult history of natural disasters, famines, and geographic isolation.