Lake Akan in the morning was still half asleep.A thin mist remained above the water's surface, and the boats tied to the ...

For travellers looking to explore the peaks of Japan, it doesn’t get much better than the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, an extraordinary expedition through the country’s Northern Alps in the centre of ...

Mount Yari, left, and the Hotaka mountain range are seen from Mount Norikura in Japan's Northern Alps on the border between Nagano and Gifu prefectures, in July 2026. (Hirohito Takeda) British ...

An outdoor wonderland in the middle of country and on the skirt tails of the Japanese Alps, it's easy to see why Nagano is known as the Roof of Japan. Here, some of the largest mountains in the ...

This tutorial provides an introductory view into Japanese traditional ballads or folksongs, known as minyo, and folktales involving the cultural heritage of Japanese mountains. Basic background of ...