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Enjoy these fireworks festivals held throughout Japan this summer and autumn.

The World Beer Cup held their biennial celebration of craft beer this year in Minneapolis, Minnesota after skipping the event...

Akita in the northern Tohoku region is home to the Matagi, hunters who follow an ancient and sustainable way of hunting, foraging and life.

Enjoy these fireworks festivals held throughout Japan this summer and autumn.

Chase the cherry blossoms north and enjoy five of Tohoku’s best hikes this spring.

Camping guide to the Tohoku Region (Aomori, Akita, Yamagata, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures). Utarube Camp (Aomori)Th...

Just a few hours north of Tokyo by Shinkansen (bullet train) await remote mountains and the countryside of Tohoku’s Akita and Iwate prefectures.

Akita Prefecture's Lake Tazawa region barely registers on Japan’s tourism radar. Yet it is paradise for winter lovers and a “Top ...

Akita, Iwate and Miyagi This route cuts across the Tohoku region from its west to its east coast. In Akita Prefecture, it ...