Head to this small historic village in Fukushima Prefecture to discover an off-the-beaten-path destination where life moves ...

In the heart of the Japanese mountains, the villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are home to treasures of traditional Japanese architecture: thatched cottages with sloping roofs, designed to ...

Entrepreneurial young Japanese people are trying to reinvigorate Japan's most aged village — where more than two thirds of residents are over 65 — and keep it from vanishing from the map. Villages ...

Explore 12 abandoned villages in Japan, discovering the reasons for their abandonment, the fate of the residents, and what ...