This Japanese Museum Actually Keeps Time
There are a lot of reasons to visit Matsumoto, a city at the foot of the Japanese Alps in the central prefecture of Nagano.
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Iceland wants to switch up its tourism tax to protect nature — and fight overtourism
Iceland wants tourists to flock to its bubbling hot springs, picturesque ice caps and lunar-like lava landscapes — but not at the expense of its residents or natural environment.
Why was Taiwan so well prepared for the earthquake?
HUALIEN, Taiwan - When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's scenic and largely rural east coast county of Hualien on Wednesday (April 3), local official Chang Tung-yao knew exactly what to do, having experienced a similar temblor six years before.
Why Japan is forced to take baby steps to normalise monetary policy
The central bank has said there were “extremely high uncertainties surrounding economic activity and prices” that warranted keeping financial conditions accommodative for some time. Japan will have enough problems normalising interest rates, never mind tightening policy.
Japan launches bullet train service to a region that 'guidebooks rarely mention'
Japan is launching a new high-speed bullet train, or shinkansen, extension on Saturday that will make an under-the-radar prefecture far more accessible to travelers.
Dipping Into the World’s Most Stunning Hot Springs
Some hot springs look like palaces, others like holes in the ground. Some feel like parties, others like prayers. There are hot baths within cities, on remote islands, in the desert, inside thick forests. Thermal water can be green, orange, blue, yellow or turquoise. It can be milky and opaque, silty with sediment or as clear as a municipal pool. Sometimes it’s barely lukewarm; other times it’s so hot it hurts.