When people hear the word oni (鬼), the Japanese term for a demon, many think of "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba." Others think of Momotaro, the hero of one of Japan’s most famous folktales. In the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The morning sun was already high and hot, penetrating a blue sea haze that softened the forested islands on the horizon. The ...

Scattered across the Seto Inland Sea, the islands of the Geiyo archipelago have long been under the radar. Until 1999, that is, when the final link of the Shimanami Kaido highway opened, connecting ...

With only 11 inhabitants, the tiny isle of Takaikamishima in the Seto Inland Sea is trying to stave off extinction by ...

Osakikami, Hiroshima Pref. – Taro and Aki Iwasaki packed up their life in Kyoto to move with their children in 2011 to the island of Osakikami, Hiroshima Prefecture. It had long been Taro’s dream to ...

The Seto Inland Sea is Japan's best-kept secret. Lying between the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, the sea is one of the most fascinating parts of the country. Explore its sheltered coasts, or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mt. Kiro Observatory offers views over the Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge, which connects the island of Ōshima to Shikoku, the smallest ...