OBIHIRO, Hokkaido -- The striking red domed roof of a former kindergarten here completed in 1922 marks the building out as ... pilgrimage to a sacred place.'" (Japanese original by Taichi Kaizuka ...

Rule number one of bathing in a Japanese onsen: no clothes allowed ... The majority of the main building burnt to the ground in 1863, but it is easy to imagine how majestic it once was.

Members of the crowdfunding project to build a commemorative bench ... in Hiroshima re-discovered the story of Cherry Parker, the first Japanese war bride to come to Australia, as part of their ...

The roads now are famed as a cherry blossom viewing spot, but the area used to be a runway at a former Imperial Japanese Navy base. Shigeyuki Shimonaiji, who is now 86, was 8 in 1945.