The mornings on this island are special. When you open the terrace door of your hotel room, dense green forests and cobalt-blue seas come into view. The cool scent of trees and the salty aroma of the ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – Okinawa prefecture is expecting tourists and businesses to cooperate with limits on visitation to one of Japan’s most popular destinations, the so-called “Galapagos of the East.
Japan has finally fully reopened to international tourists. Many of us have been eagerly awaiting its reopening, planning the trip of a lifetime. And if you're about to jet off east, why not add the ...
Who doesn’t love the idea of chillaxing on a remote tropical island, especially as winter approaches? How about one that is remote, yet relatively easy to reach, offers blue water, white sand beaches, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though many refer to April 15 as "tax day," there's another holiday many may never have heard of: Iriomote Wildcat Day. The ...
Iriomote and Tsushima cats are subspecies of Leopard Cats. The breeds are only found on two Japanese islands, which happen to be named after them. Since their population is critical, their survival ...
It is located upstream of Okinawa prefecture's largest river / Urauchi river in Iriomote IslandMariyudou FallsIs a waterfall selected as one of the 100 waterfalls in Japan, further upstreamCambri ...
Boats were moored as an earthquake in the Philippines sparked a tsunami advisory in Japan. Footage shows waves swelling near ...
The Japanese wolf. The Bonin thrush. The Japanese otter and sea lion. All are species that once flourished on the Japanese archipelago, driven to extinction by overhunting and habitat loss. Japan’s ...
“Japan.” It hardly evokes mental images of lush, green jungles. Yet just off the radar of Western travelers is Iriomote Island, one of the country’s last areas of deserted wilderness. Although popular ...