a well-timed train ride through Shiga affords a flipbook view of snow piling higher and higher at successive countryside station platforms. Eventually leading to the live postcard of Biwa Lake ...

For the less adventurous, a well-timed train ride through Shiga affords a flipbook view of snow piling higher and higher at successive countryside station platforms. Eventually leading to the live ...

The view of Arashiyama and the Hozu River ... You can explore places like the scenic Lake Biwa Canal with cherry blossoms blooming along both banks, the spectacular Keage Incline lined with around 100 ...

Night - Clear. Winds W at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 30 °F (-1.1 °C). Sunny with a high of 50 °F (10 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 6 mph (3.2 to 9.7 kph). Sunny today ...

Airline passengers usually have one of X problems with inflight entertainment (IFE) systems: there’s not enough variety of ...

Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation and strained households. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

The lake was always known for its pristine waters, but in 2013 scientists published research on the lake’s clarity, revealing that, like pure water, it had a visibility of between 70 and 80 ...

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I set out on a 3 ½-week trip to Japan. The timing worked out — the ... World Heritage site in 1999 — is less than 10 miles from Lake Chuzenji, where the Mount Nantai climb begins, but ...