North of Tokyo, the Tohoku region unfolds across seven prefectures that offer a world of scenic beauty and cultural exploration. From the dynamic Nebuta festival of Aomori Prefecture to Fukushima ...

The Tohoku region has become an increasingly popular ... Gifu, Fukushima and Aomori prefectures rounded out the top five among the Chinese New Year tourists. Many visitors explored Yamagata ...

Linear rainbands that cause prolonged downpours were forecast in Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures ... mainly in the Tohoku region. It said the typhoon was over the sea east-southeast of ...

Journey to Japan’s lesser-visited mountainous region, home to many distinctive traditional inns, within whose walls you can ...

AOMORI -- Record snowfall has hit the Tsugaru ... at an altitude of about 5,000 meters over Japan's northeastern Tohoku region. As of 9 a.m. on Jan. 17, the city of Aomori had recorded 128 cm ...

runs hospitals and elderly care facilities in the Tohoku region, Tokyo and the Tokai region. (Japanese original by Yushi Ezawa and Shintaro Matsumoto, Aomori Bureau) ...

The Tohoku region of Japan is synonymous with the great 17 th-century writer Matsuo Basho — whose journey into the north of his country was recorded in his masterpiece, The Narrow Road to the ...