TAKAMATSU -- A Ukrainian woman working in Japan after leaving her war-torn homeland recounted her experience walking the Buddhist pilgrimage routes in ...

The Shikoku Bank, Ltd. is a Japan-based regional bank. The Bank is engaged in the banking business, as well as the credit guarantee, lease, cash due diligence ...

Judith L Karst, 80, passed away unexpectedly on the morning of May 9, 2025, in Ludington, Michigan. Judith was born on September 29, 1944, in Mishawaka, Indiana. She spent the first five years of ...

Shikoku-born Isao Murashita would be our guide in both spirituality and adventure. Today it’s customary, but not mandatory, to wear the outfit henro have worn for hundreds of years, he explained.

Karst hopes people who read “Waters of Destruction” will enjoy a light traditional mystery and get a greater feel for Hawaii. “I want them to want to come and visit — or at least enjoy the ...

There is a push to add a cave system discovered in a quarry near Naracoorte added to SA's heritage register. The Munro Karst system was provisionally added to the list last year and efforts are ...

AmaWaterways was founded in 2002 by Schreiner, Karst and the late Jimmy Murphy. The company has a fleet of nearly 30 ships, operating in Europe, Egypt, Vietnam/Cambodia and Colombia.

The gecko discoveries highlight this dynamism. Many karst-dwelling geckos belong to Cyrtodactylus, the third largest vertebrate genus in the world with close to 400 species described so far.

He had stumbled upon the starting point of the Shikoku Henro, a centuries-old 750-mile (1,200 kilometer) pilgrimage winding through the island’s four prefectures — Tokushima, Kochi, Ehime and ...

Last, but not least, in the northwest of Shikoku is Ehime Prefecture, located at the southern end of the Shimanami Kaido cycling route, with an airport that connects to Tokyo.