A small, old castle was found in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture in March. Researchers found the castle using artificial intelligence (AI).R･･･ ...

Gorgeous waterfalls, majestic forests, and mystical shrines are all within hiking reach on this picturesque mountain that is a day trip from Tokyo.

AN instructive physiographic map or diagram of Japan on a scale of about 80 miles to an inch is published by Dr. G. T. Trewartha in the Geographical Review of July. Japan lends itself to this ...

Hiking Yakushima, Japan: forests, monkeys and mountains on island that inspired a Hayao Miyazaki film Ancient cedar trees and unique wildlife are among the attractions of a hike across mountainous ...

The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan has been publicly releasing map data since 2023. At the end of this past March, the data covered around 40% of the entire country.

None of Ino’s maps showed the elevations of mountains. But he must have felt that Mount Fuji was special: An estimate he made ... April 19 is “Chizu no Hi” (map day) in Japan.