A new study recently found that 63 million people travel to and within Japan to witness the breathtaking spectacle of cherry ...

while enjoying the beautiful autumn of Japan in all its colorful glory. You will also learn the art of mountain photography. From beginners to experts, men and women of all ages are able to ...

Global warming is raising surface temperatures at a steady rate, with the waters around Japan among those heating most rapidly. The ocean’s surface is typically slow to cool, so even as autumn ...

For decades, Japan’s earliest known female photo­grapher, Shima Ryū, was uncredited for the 1860s albums she produced with her husband. Takeuchi Mariko, the photography critic, curator and ...

Autumn in Japan's oldest private medicinal herb garden in Uda, Nara Prefecture. As the plants bear fruit, the garden's custodians protect the seeds, ensuring that they live on for future generations.

Once Japan’s Imperial capital, the city has been a spiritual and cultural epicentre for more than a thousand years. That ...

The main hall of Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto and surrounding maple trees are lit up during a test lighting on Nov. 17, a day before the start of the special autumn nighttime viewing. The beam of ...