The park was built to highlight the magnificent Usuzumi Zakura, a state-designated natural monument that is one of Japan’s “three great cherry trees.” It is thought to be over 1,500 years old and to ...

Monica Burton is the former deputy editor of Eater.com where she covered restaurants and food culture from 2017 to 2025. Japan’s coastal Tokai region is the Michelin guide’s latest subject. The French ...

Chubu Centrair International Airport is the primary transport hub for traveling to central Japan, from where you can easily travel to Gifu and Nagano as well as other highlight destinations in the ...

Central Japan. It’s a region of the country that travelers typically experience as a lime green blur through a bullet train window as they speed southward from the futuristic frenzy of Tokyo to the ...

Japan's oldest known rock discovered in Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture, front, and the second oldest rock found in the town of Hichiso, Gifu Prefecture, rear, are seen side by side in the "Japan's oldest ...