Escape Japan's more popular tourist hubs and head to a less-visited, mountainous region with festivals and delicious food ...

Gion Matsuri, Kyoto: a thousand-year-old tradition and the most famous matsuri Kyoto's Gion Matsuri, a star among Japanese festivals, takes place in July. Dating back over a thousand years, it is ...

Catrina Sugita experiences the area's winter lifestyle and its fiery festivals. Lake Tazawako is Japan's deepest with just over 423 meters. In winter, it doesn't freeze over, and its beautiful ...

The Sakura Festival began in 1986 to commemorate the naming of Narashino, Japan as Tuscaloosa’s first sister city. The sister ...

SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events ... level snowfalls that were hitting other areas of Japan’s northernmost main island on Feb. 4.