Beginning in the 17th century, the Nakasendo trail connected Kyoto and Edo, now modern-day Tokyo. Along this path, 69 designated post towns operated as resting stations where weary travelers could ...

William Raymond Winter, 80, passed away peacefully on Friday March 7th at Cornerstone Hospice House in the Villages, Florida. He was born to Orvetta and William Winter in Freeport, Illinois on July ...

Who doesn’t love a quaint and beautiful town, especially if it’s steeped in a beautiful combination of architecture seamlessly blended with the colors of nature. The world is brimming with enchanting ...

Japan's countryside ... architecture, each village boasts of its own charm promising peace and relaxation to visitors. Tsumago-juku is a perfectly preserved post town along the Nakasendo Trail ...

Tokyo and the rest of the Kanto-Koshin region experienced snowfall from early Wednesday morning due to a low-pressure system passing south of the Japanese Archipelago. The Japan Meteorological Agency ...

The massive expansion plan would see a number of towns and villages at the city’s edges brought inside Leicester’s boundary. The authority’s proposal would see the city's population grow ...

Dutch villages and towns are trickling empty as residents leave for the cities where there are more facilities, homes, and jobs available, according to figures that Statistics Netherlands (CBS) ...

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces had retaken two more villages near Sudzha, 10 km (six miles) from the Ukrainian border, a town which Moscow said it ... Add TheJapanNews to your Google News ...

A ceremony is seen on Lake Suwa in the town of Shimosuwa ... has not appeared for the seventh winter in a row, with climate change believed a factor. According to records kept since the Muromachi ...

Two popular sansai to look out for in stores are nanohana (flower buds of the rapeseed plant) and udo (Japanese spikenard). Related to broccoli, nanohana has a slight bitterness that is typical of ...