Though the 2020 ski season has been one of the warmest in recent years, the advent of winter brings with it the season for snow sports. Every year, scores of tourists come from outside Japan just for ...

Police and emergency services personnel resumed a search on Sunday for two men who have been missing for two days in the Northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture. The two men, Kentaro Nakamura, 23, a ...

TOYAMA -- Autumn foliage in the Northern Alps' Tateyama mountain range in central Japan is at its peak, and is adorning the mountains in various fall colors. Leaves turning red and yellow around the ...

Soaring to a height of 2,909 meters, Mt. Nishi-Hotaka lies in the steep Northern Alps and is affectionately known among mountain climbers as "Flower Mountain." In July, snow lingers in the valleys ...

Kei Ito, who runs a mountain villa in Toyama prefecture, central Japan, has been toiling to restore a legendary hiking trail celebrated for providing access to “hellish” landscapes that are on many ...

It is that time of year when many of us put our bicycles aside and take out the guidebooks and maps and put together the dream trip, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, the ultimate ride that we will ...