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 ...

Around the country lies some of the most beautiful, white-sand, crystal-clear water beaches you’ll ever find. While most tourists associate Japan with the bustling lights of Tokyo, we’re going to let ...

KATOKU, Japan — Standing on its mountain-fringed beach, there is no hint that the Japanese village of Katoku even exists. Its handful of houses hide behind a dune covered with morning glories and ...

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 ...

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii --Japan has been practicing storming beaches with the U.S. and other countries in Hawaii this month. The amphibious landing exercises, which are relatively new to Japan's military, ...

Beaches destroyed by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan have reopened for the first time in eight years. Reconstruction work on the seawalls has been completed on Haragamaobama ...

Standing on its mountain-fringed beach, there is no hint that the Japanese village of Katoku even exists. Its handful of houses hide behind a dune covered with morning glories and pandanus trees, the ...