This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy root called konjac.

Japanese Rural Life Adventure is officially coming to Steam soon. Developed by G-MODE and Game Start LLC, the new title ...

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make it less lonely — replacing people with puppets. Fewer than 60 people live in Ichinono, and ...

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 ...

Hidden within the mountains of Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, Ouchi-juku is a remarkably well-preserved Edo-era post town where time seems to stand still. Once a vital rest stop along the Shimotsuke ...