Escape the crowds and discover a quieter Japan at these 12 hotels, from mountaintop ryokan to island hideaways.

Sake, ramen and onsen. There's a lot to love about skiing in Japan. And you've probably heard of those grand Japanese ski resorts, Hakuba (in Nagano) and Niseko (in Hokkaido), all so loved by Aussies.

If you come to Akakura in summer, it's pitch dark at night," That sounds like almost every Japanese onsen town I've ever been to. Except Kusatsu and I hated that place. Give me a pitch dark onsen town ...

Three winters from now, Japan's snowy Myoko highlands in Niigata Prefecture will be home to a $1.4 billion mega-resort built by a Singaporean fund, with hotels charging some $1,350 a night. The ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said Monday it now aims to restart a reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture in the fiscal year 2025, which starts next month.

The massive influx of foreign tourists has proven to be more bane than boon for the Japanese onsen [hot spring] industry. As of Saturday, 15th March, local government units throughout the country ...

Less than a week later, on Saturday, the third annual Niigata International Animation Film Festival, focusing on feature-length animated films and running for six jam-packed days, opened its doors ...

Kayaba Slope, with a width of 400m and a length of 3km (Photo courtesy of Ikenotaira Onsen Ski Resort) Alpenblick Slope, gliding through a beautiful beech forest (Phot curtesy of Ikenotaira Onsen Ski ...

Myoko in Niigata Prefecture is a highly popular tourist destination among both foreigners and Japanese. Therefore, depending on the season, it can be extremely crowded, making it difficult to board ...

From a step-by-step guide about how to take an onsen, to information about what to wear and a few taboos too, it’s time to find out everything you need to know about visiting an onsen in Japan. There ...

“I was born in Niigata Prefecture and know snow quality very well. My hometown is close to Nozawa Onsen (a ski resort on Japan’s Honshu island) that has been battered by snow this year ...