After six previous trips exploring Japan’s more well-trodden regions like Kansai and Kanto, I was ready to see a different ...

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Japan’s sidewalk restaurants, known as “yatai,” have almost entirely disappeared—except in Fukuoka, where they’ve undergone a ...

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Kyushu is Japan’s third-largest island, and yet hardly anyone I know has been. It’s a total shame, because the region is ...

Go off the tourist track and into the heart of Japan. Here are 10 hidden gems to visit in Japan, according to a local.

Japan's rainy season appears to have begun in the southern part of the Kyushu region, the Meteorological Agency announced Friday. This is the first time since statistics began in 1951 that ...

The legends of Unzen Onsen passed down through the ages paint a chilling picture. In this mountain resort town, stories of demons, white snakes rising from the mist and Buddhist monks using the ...

The journey from Cape Sata at the southern tip of Kyushu to Cape Soya ... enjoying some of Japan’s most unique scenery, culture and cuisine along the way. It was no easy quest, acknowledged ...

A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale struck Japan’s Kyushu region on Wednesday at 7:34 PM (IST), according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The earthquake occurred ...