When asked to picture Tokyo, most people tend to visualize a high-tech, urban environment teeming with people forever on the move. While this isn’t entirely inaccurate, the greater Tokyo area has so ...

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At 350 meters, Shōmyō Falls has the biggest drop of any waterfall in Japan. White torrents of water flowing off the Tateyama mountain range and crashing powerfully into a misty pool below is an ...

Don’t miss Okunoin, Japan’s largest and most sacred cemetery, where stone lanterns and mausoleums hunker beneath giant cedar ...

New Zealand man Sean Toms was navigating a slope in Hokkaido, Japan, when he fell down a snow-covered waterfall to a depth of six metres. The terrifying moment was caught on his helmet camera, which ...

Kumamoto Prefectural government officials provide an explanation on the waterfall where the norovirus strain was found at the prefectural government headquarters in Kumamoto's Chuo Ward on Aug. 27, ...

Ise-Shima, Japan (CNN) — Aiko Ohno dives down in the cool waters off Japan’s Ise-Shima National Park, scanning the rocky seabed for urchins and turban shells. Three meters deep, she swims with ease ...