In Japan, soba noddles are eaten at the end of New Year’s Eve to “cut off the misfortunes and hardships of the past year and not carry them over to the next year.” Their all-you-can-eat ...

Weather officials are warning of very intense rainfall accompanied by thunder in some areas mainly in western Japan, due to a ...

And, as visitors settle into the laid-back, easygoing atmosphere of Kochi, located on Japan's Pacific-facing southern coast, echoes of the Cuban capital's atmosphere grow even stronger.

If you are planning to travel to Kochi or any other city in Japan, this airport locator will be a very useful tool. This page gives complete information about the Kochi Airport along with the airport ...

“Aviation safety remains our highest priority as we conduct training operations in support of the mutual defense of the United States and Japan.” Kochi prefecture is on Shikoku, the smallest ...

At around 2:30 p.m., the specimen tree in the Sannomaru, the largest terrace of Kochi Castle, was confirmed to have more than five blossoms -- the standard for declaring official flowering, the ...

There's an annual festival held in the Japanese prefecture of Kochi that culminates with a competition to see who can drink sake the fastest. Men get given 1.8 litres of sake in a big cup and ...