The 70km Shimanami Kaido, webbed with fishing harbours, hillside citrus orchards and historic shrines, is often regarded as ...

ONOMICHI, Japan -- In late October, as the autumn leaves were turning yellow, I sat on the deck of a ferry crossing part of the Seto Inland Sea, a 440-kilometer-long body of water that separates ...

The calmness of Seto Inland Sea, located in western Japan, will send your worries away. One thing that has been firmly supporting lives in this area is stone. The stone walls of the famous Osaka ...

When pirates operated in Japan's Seto Inland Sea around 500 years ago, the largest group, the Murakami Kaizoku, certainly did not fit the conventional image of pirates. They actually protected ...

Note: Cycling can be enjoyed throughout the year on the Setouchi Shimanami Kaido, which stretches about 70 kilometers across the Seto Inland Sea ... to Friday at 4 p.m., Japan time.

The Setouchi region of Japan , made famous to an international audience by Donald Richie's exceptional The Inland Sea - a ...

These days, rather than heading straight for the bright lights and buzz of Tokyo, many are choosing to visit the country’s ...

Photos of a massive red shrine gate that appears to be floating in the sea is one of the most iconic images of Japan. The gate is the great torii of Itsukushima Shrine on the small island in the Seto ...

ETAJIMA, Hiroshima Prefecture—At night, an enormous work ship looks like a glowing amusement park floating on the Seto Inland Sea ... projects in some sea areas of Japan. An Akita-based joint ...

Setouchi is a quiet adventurer with mischievous charm, beckoning you to wander across island-studded waters to discover stunning pockets of art amid soulful serenity. Always with a thoughtful ...

weaving through six smaller islands floating in the Seto Inland Sea, a vast body of water that spreads for 400km connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan. For millennia, these small ...