Tucked away on Mount Hachimantai in northeastern Japan is a lake called Kagami Numa. Most of the time it's pretty ordinary looking, but if you go there at the right time you might be lucky to get ...

In 1941, when the Japanese government was ... were cultural treasures. Kakumeiji temple, which is situated in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, close to Lake Biwako, donated a more than three centuries ...

A weeping cherry tree said to be more than 400 years old is blooming at a temple in Fukui Prefecture along the Sea of Japan. The tree at Kogyoji temple in Eiheiji Town is about nine meters tall ...