With record visitor numbers in 2024 putting strain on Japan's tourist hotpots, here are four places to visit far away from ...

5-6. Made by Shiwakawago House of Purin in Shirakawago, a World Heritage site featuring traditional “gassho-zukuri” steep-roofed thatched farmhouses, the dessert consists of three layers of ...

The Ainokura Gassho-style Village, the main site of the tour, is home to 20 remaining Gassho-style houses, many of which were built during the late Edo period to the Meiji era. In 1995 ...