Snow-covered cherry blossom trees and a castle moat in this northern Japan city are currently lit up in pink in the evenings, ...

A western Japan city has begun offering overnight stays at Fukuyama Castle, a site dating back 400 years, as regional economies seek ways to attract wealthy visitors amid the country's tourism boom.

The variety is expected to blossom from the following day in Kochi, Hiroshima and Yokohama. The sakura will likely start to flower in late March in other parts of western and eastern Japan and in ...

There's an annual festival held in the Japanese prefecture of Kochi that culminates with a competition to see who can drink sake the fastest. Men get given 1.8 litres of sake in a big cup and ...