A small, old castle was found in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture in March. Researchers found the castle using artificial ...

A Japanese hiker makes unique walking maps in both Japanese and English to help people stay safe. ... Autumn in Japan is a season for mountain climbing, and the number of foreign hikers is rising.

Cartographer Ino Tadataka (1745-1818) was 55 years old when he set out on his first surveying trip in 1800 to chart the coast of Hokkaido.

Buy a prepaid Japanese SIM card, such as Japan Travel SIM, when you arrive so you can use Google Maps to find destinations and to search for, say, "onsen near me" or "michi-no-eki". See t.iijmio.jp 3.