Nagano, Japan may be known as the site of the 1998 Winter Olympics, but the destination offers seemingly endless opportunities to enjoy year-round nature activities, as well as to go back in time ...

A police video captioned “Narrow escape from a slip and fall” has taken YouTube by storm. The footage of a woman climber being rescued in late July was uploaded on the video-sharing platform in August ...

Tokyo — World champion halfpipe skier Kyle Smaine and another skier died after getting buried in an avalanche in the mountains of central Japan over the weekend. Police in Nagano Prefecture said ...

Shiga Prefecture, site of Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, is home to centuries-old crafts like Shigaraki ware and Wana velvet. We explore an island in the lake by tricycle before climbing into the ...

Our journey takes us to Shimanami in the Seto Inland Sea, an area dense with islands. In 1999, the Shimanami Kaido was opened, consisting of 70 kilometers of highways and bridges linking the islands.