What’s more, Aomori city is home to one of Japan’s most renowned summer festivals: the Nebuta Festival, taking place from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While here, travelers can enjoy the seaside, participate in things like Buddha tracing at the temple, and walk scenic trails with ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Think ‘Japan’ and many evocative images spring to mind. One that probably doesn’t is a beautiful beach. Yet between the coastlines of ...

Scouring websites like Japan Guide and forums like Reddit, we've found the best of them. A note to readers, the word "hama" is Japanese for beach, and each beach's location shows the prefecture, or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sunset at Shirahama's picturesque beach front is a local highlight not to be missed. Photograph by André Zerbe / Koworu, Getty ...