Whisper of the Heart is set in Tama City. Around Seiseki Sakuragaoka Station closely resemble scenes from the film, a map ...

Our final dinner was at Fisherman’s Bar NINA, where chef-owner Nobu-san—a former local fisherman—crafts delicious and creative omakase dishes featuring fresh, locally caught seafood and seasonal ...

Such nature-based wellness activities are abundant in Ibusuki's greater Kagoshima Prefecture, offering a counterbalance to the enthralling overwhelm of Tokyo and Kyoto (both of which landed on Fodor's ...

Jadav Payeng is better known as the Forest Man of India. He earned this name by spending 30 years of his life planting trees, creating a real man-made forest of 550 hectares. Thanks to this ...

Securing a 1-0 victory over Manchester City at the City Ground on Saturday, Nottingham Forest are now one step closer to returning to European soccer for the first time since the 1980-81 season ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

The park lies just north of Osaka, making it around 400 miles, or 650 kilometers, away from the troop in Yakushima—not to mention across the sea. This throws a bit of a wrench into the theory of ...

Pine Forest Moor Hut, privately operated by guiding group the Tasmanian Walking Company, has been confirmed as destroyed by fire. Tasmania's fire service says "challenging and changeable ...

GIF credits: giphy.com Thing is, the real Yakushima which inspired the film is as surreal and as enchanting as it is portrayed in the film. In the forest path leading to Shiratani Unsuikyo Ravine ...