Fall was a busy season for restaurant openings on the Peninsula and in the South Bay.  Businesses of all kinds opened, from the high-end — including a new sushi bar from an acclaimed chef and the ...

Jon Woodhouse, who writes regular arts and entertainment articles for The Maui News, is currently traveling in Japan and ...

Chuck Reed travels with a constant companion: a digital, single-lens reflex camera by which he captures beauty, poignant or ...

The victory on a sunny and cool day at the oceanside track north of San Diego capped a sensational season for Thorpedo Anna.

If you’re trying to decide whether to visit Japan in November, then you really should go ahead and book that trip. November ...

U.S. couple Dani and Evan Benton, who run a guesthouse and honeybee farm on an island in Japan: “We’re so excited about our ...

Yufuin Floral Village, located in Oita, is another must-visit destination for Ghibli fans. This shopping town is known for ...

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make it less lonely — replacing people with puppets. Fewer than 60 people live in Ichinono, and ...

The Japanese hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child, is trying to fill the void with stuffed ...

However, the situation of the village drastically changed after Japan's defeat in World War II. Half of the villagers who had settled in Manchuria died of starvation and other causes during their ...