Why the ‘Hawaii of Japan’ should be your next beach holiday - Snorkeling and kayaking in Japan’s paradisiacal archipelago ...

Scouring websites like Japan Guide and forums like Reddit, we've found the best of them. A note to readers, the word "hama" is Japanese for beach, and each beach's location shows the prefecture, or ...

With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture reveals a different side to Japan.

There are many good reasons to guzzle down a Japanese hotpot. One being: it’s delicious. However, fatigue from having kayaked in 32C temperatures through mangrove forests is rarely one of them. My ...

Snow on the sand, waves in motion—Japan’s winter beaches reveal one of the world’s rarest coastal spectacles. Japan's northern and western coasts feature rare snow-covered beaches in winter Hokkaido ...