From learning to carve woodblocks or make pottery, to observing artisans at work, tourists can help sustain and revive these ...

T he Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are two traditional mountain villages located in the Shogawa river valley in the Gifu and Toyama prefectures of Japan. These villages are known ...

Village officials have released an unusual tourism guidebook aimed at alleviating overtourism problems and concerns in the ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--The Shirakawa village office ... The settlement is part of the Historic Villages of Shirakawago and Gokayama, Toyama Prefecture, that were listed as a UNESCO World ...

Approximately 3 hours from Tokyo via Nagoya, Gifu is accessible by bullet train and local train. Gifu Prefecture is in the Chubu region, the center of Honshu, Japan’s largest island. It boasts a ...

Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu. Fire department officials say 25 buildings, including houses have collapsed in Wajima City. They say 14 of ...

This time, we visit Toyama Prefecture to meet US-born Jack Lee ... who operates a concrete pump truck in Gifu Prefecture.