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

Head to the unsung Japanese region of Tohoku to discover its traditional inns, and immerse yourself in the thermal waters ...

Four of the top five prefectures were in the Tohoku region in the operator’s list of “travel experiences rising in popularity.” Top-ranked Yamagata Prefecture saw a 1.94-fold increase in ...

Niigata and Yamagata prefectures – there's a reason to visit Tohoku at any time of year. Yet despite this region being an off-the-beaten-path gem, it's just a 95-minute bullet train trip from ...

announced on March 11 the resumption of coupled operations for the Tohoku Shinkansen ... connecting with the Akita and Yamagata Shinkansen lines, with a full return to the normal schedule expected ...

The move marked the return of normal operations on the Tohoku, Yamagata and Akita shinkansen lines. On Friday, JR East said safety checks were completed after the incident on March 6 that affected ...

In the upgraded cars, the seats are a deep forest-green reminiscent of the mountains located at the heart of Yamagata Prefecture, Also, in response to recent usage trends, each car now has ...

Notably, five of the top 10 cities were in the Tohoku region of northeast Japan. Toshihiko Suzuki, 48, chairperson of a ...