On a trip to Japan, I hustled through Tokyo for a few days, seeing all sorts of sights but feeling as if I was barely scratching the surface of the vast city. So it was a relief to move on to the ...

NEW YORK --Legendary sushi chef Masa Takayama grew up in rural Japan working at his parents' fish market. As an apprentice sushi chef, he washed dishes and cooked rice for years before being allowed ...

Isolated from the pulsating sounds of pachinko parlors and the neon lights of Tokyo, the small, laid-back city of Takayama in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture offers something that visitors to Japan's ...

Because Takayama is probably the single toughest wrestler in Japanese history. This is saying a lot when you take into account how vicious and savage Japanese pro wrestling is. In Japan, both ‘strong ...

"Subzero forest": Ice forest created at mountain inn in Takayama An inn in Takayama, Japan, creates a stunning ice forest each winter by spraying water onto trees and slopes, forming icicles and ice ...