SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--Raw whale meat fetched 500,000 yen ($3,560) per kilogram at an auction here on Nov. 14, double the previous record of 250,000 yen set in Osaka in October. “We are ...

Perched on the edge of Honshu, Yamaguchi Prefecture's Shimonoseki possesses a wealth of history and culture entwined with the sea that laps at its shores. Busy with the hum of daily life, commuters ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--A long-established sake brewery here is offering a tourism package that allows visitors to create blends that are “one-of-a-kind in the world.” Shimonoseki Shuzo Co.

I was asked that over and over when I told friends I was visiting the city. They are all Japanophiles who visit different parts of the country several times a year, but none of them had even heard of ...

Spring has come to the heights of Morinoteien Refresh Park Toyoura in the mountains of Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture ...

The Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki is home to the ocean sunfish. An aquarium in Japan has come up with a unique and out-of-the-box idea to cheer up its lonely resident sunfish after the facility ...

Vice mayor from Shimonoseki prefecture Japan, Kitajima Yohei at the Business matching and promotion event of products from the prefecture in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Jetro Puffer fish "fugu" sushi on ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- Tsunoshima Lighthouse in this southwestern Japan city is one of Japan's many lighthouses constructed in the early Meiji era (1868-1912) with involvement from British engineer ...

Hoshino Resorts’ family-forward properties often land in places you’d least expect to travel with children, from the Imperial Family’s summer residence in Nasu to the wine country of Yatsugatake. Its ...