Italian skeleton athlete Mattia Gaspari, a native of Cortina d'Ampezzo, was the first racer to test the new bobsleigh track ...

The five-mile-long mountain ridge that encompasses Mount Yoshino is said to be covered by about 30,000 cherry trees—the oldest of which is thought to have been planted more than 1,300 years ago.

The 30,000 or so cherry trees burst into full bloom at different times, depending on the area of the mountain they were planted. Trees at the base of the mountain are now in full bloom ...