By GO TAKAHASHI/ Staff Writer
December 4, 2022 at 08:00 JST
Representatives from European travel agencies are invited to a training session with “yamabushi” mountain ascetic hermits at the Three Mountains of Dewa Sanzan in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on Sept. 26. (Provided by the Japan National Tourism Organization)
Government tourism organizations are targeting wealthy visitors from abroad to reach a per capita spending target among tourists in Japan, but a number of hurdles remain. [Read More]
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
