Production of hana-mochi traditional New Year’s decorations, a skill handed down over generations, is reaching its peak in the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture.

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The smooth, matte finishes of well crafted wooden furniture found under the Coreo Hida-Takayama brand are ... as part of its plans to expand in the region. The company says that it also has ...

Located in the snowy Himalayas, at the northern tip of India, this disputed region between India and Pakistan is a paradise of snowy glaciers, ice-blue lakes, fir-lined mountains, and gushing ...

(Information Center of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia via AP) TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The separatist leader of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia resigned on Tuesday after days of ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters, two of them hold an ...

Josh McCray rushed for three touchdowns while Luke Altmyer threw for 231 yards and two scores as Illinois earned a 38-16 Big Ten victory over Michigan State on Saturday afternoon in Champaign. The ...

Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday and demanded the resignation of its leader over an unpopular investment agreement with Moscow.

Fun, informative bike tour that will exercise your heart and lungs. But not too much. My wife and I had a wonderful time on the 3.5 hour bike tour of Hida and surrounding farmland with Nanami. She was ...

It is the deadliest incident in a three-year-long spate of clashes in oil-rich region of Abyei. Two armed groups raided Abyei on Saturday, local authorities said. The day after, peacekeepers came ...

TAKAYAMA, Gifu Prefecture--The red carpet is being rolled out in the Hida-Takayama region this fall to well-heeled foreign visitors. The city’s Hida-Takayama Tourism and Convention Bureau says ...