While knowing the name of a trail is helpful for meeting up with people, finding your way around, or the unfortunate event ...

Niseko is riding a wave of increased global popularity, supported by the opening of new fancy resorts and eateries over the ...

While the country is having a banner ski season, exceptionally heavy snowfall has created challenges for resort workers.

The Ofunato wildfire, in Iwate prefecture, has more than doubled in size in the past three days to become Japan’s largest for 33 years, and as of Sunday covered about 1,800 hectares (4,500 acres).

Rain with a high of 40 °F (4.4 °C) and a 86% chance of precipitation. Winds NNE at 17 to 19 mph (27.4 to 30.6 kph). Night - Clear with a 49% chance of precipitation. Winds NNE at 12 to 16 mph ...

The Aomori prefectural police and other authorities are urging tourists from Japan and abroad who visit local ski facilities to exercise greater caution when out on the mountains. Some organizations ...

Google has removed inappropriate walking routes from its maps that were leaving walkers cragfast up Carrauntoohil. Kerry Mountain Rescue Team says there has been a trend recently of climbers and ...

Three resort hotel staff members were found dead on Tuesday after going missing while performing maintenance work on a hot spring source in the city of Fukushima, local authorities said.

Japan's nominal GDP in 2024 stood at 609.29 trillion yen (US$4 trillion), the data showed, topping the 600 trillion threshold for the first time but staying below Germany to rank as the world's ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun While some mountain trails are being restored, there are still many that have no one to maintain them. Of the 1,127 trails that run through Japan’s 34 national parks, nearly half ...

Maine’s western mountains are known for some top-notch ski areas that attract people from all over New England, including Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley and Sunday River in Newry. But there ...

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - forming an epic walking route across central Japan ... are pale mountains, delicate cherry ...