Residents of at least one prefecture are not looking over their shoulders as a steady stream of bear sightings are reported across the Honshu mainland. As injuries and deaths from bear attacks have ...

Ibaraki Prefecture’s success from promoting its beauty and charms was short-lived. The prefecture returned to its familiar bottom-basement ranking in a survey this year of “attractive prefectures.” ...

Akita Prefecture sets along the Sea of Japan in the Tōhoku region in northern Honshū. It is Japan’s sixth largest prefecture by size. Largely mountainous, its main ranges are the north-to-south ...

Ōita Prefecture, in northeastern Kyūshū, is known for its hot springs, counted among Japan’s finest, and its deep history. Ōita Prefecture is located in northeast Kyūshū. It borders Fukuoka, Kumamoto, ...

Located on the southern shoreline of Shikoku Island, Kochi Prefecture is rich in history, nature and culinary delights. In addition to housing one of the 12 remaining Japanese castles with an original ...

A Japanese prefecture is threatening legal action ″after being named one of Japan's “least attractive” places to visit. Earlier this October, Gunma prefecture slipped from 40th to 44th place in ...