"Not my three young-adult kids, all living on their own in Japan, one a new father. There's the cost of getting married, raising kids, general insecurity to be considered. Ponder that before ...

Wide areas of the Kanto and Chugoku regions were blanketed with snow on the morning of March 19 due to a cold air mass and a ...

The Japan National Tourism Organisation also describes ... and enjoy spectacular views of Lake Nakaumi and across to Mt. Daisen on a clear day. Several telescopes and binoculars are on hand ...

This bridge is said to be the world's "scariest", which looks so steep that cars simply vanish from view when they reach its ...

In Sakai, the city where the great tea master Sen no Rikyu (1522-91) was born and worked, tea culture is still alive and well ...

Daisen-in Temple features abbot's chambers (Koto no Ma) and an entrance hall (Genkan) which are said to be the oldest structures in Japan to be based on the Zen way of thinking. The temple is ...

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