There are only a handful of volcanologists and seismologists to monitor Japan’s lineup of active volcanoes, from Sakurajima to Izu Oshima to Mount Fuji.
The festival reenacts an episode from Emperor Kazan (968–1008), who wrote a waka poem on Mount Nachi praising the beauty of the cherry blossoms.
Massive amounts of lightweight pumice from an underwater eruption keep fishing boats from sailing and cover local beaches, creating cleanup headaches of disaster proportions.
From a distance, the water looked like a flower raft where the cherry blossom petals have scattered in the wind at the end of Spring, attracting...
Ecotourism can help protect Amami Oshima, Tokunoshima, the northern part of Okinawa, and Iriomote while also giving the local economy a boost.
The blooms started opening out in Okinawa on January 13, and are expected in Tokyo around March 18.
On June 12, the foreign ministry announced that OKADA Seiji would succeed the Catholic NAKAMURA Matthew Yoshio as Japan’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to...
Part Two The sun was shining and the waters were blue as I rode my bicycle on the next leg of my trip, across the...
Just as the cherry blossoms were declared in full bloom on February 3 in Okinawa, and the Kawazu sakura are in full swing as...
Naohisa Hanzawa It was an unexpected, yet intriguing, move. At the last minute, the United States Department of Defense cancelled the invitation for the...
