A batch of Ruby Roman table grapes, one of the most expensive in Japan, fetched a record ¥1.1 million ($10,900) Thursday in the year’s first auction at a wholesale market in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, beating last year’s ¥1 million bid. Of the 46 batches ...
An increasing number of expressway bus services based at Narita International Airport are extending their reach to cover distant tourist areas, such as the central Hokuriku region. The trend is a result of collaborative efforts being made by Narita International Airport Corp., bus lines ...
The number of passengers using a new shinkansen service linking Tokyo with the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast has topped 10 million since it opened in March last year, West Japan Railway Co. said Wednesday. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line links Tokyo ...
It was a great year for the Hokuriku region — an area facing the Sea of Japan rich with scenic landscapes and abundant marine food products. On the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line between Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture to Tokyo, which marked its first anniversary Monday, ...
Japanese airline passengers are voting with their feet since the opening of a new bullet-train route. The number of passengers flying to Komatsu airport in Ishikawa Prefecture, the seventh-busiest route operated by ANA Holdings Inc., dropped as much as 50 percent after a new ...
The government has selected three cities — Kushiro in east Hokkaido, Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture and Nagasaki — as model cities for luring foreign visitors to the countryside, tourism minister Keiichi Ishii announced Friday. The three cities will each create organizations to promote exchanges ...
A young Japanese busshi, or carver of wooden Buddha statues, has been posting videos of his work on YouTube, hoping to explain his craft to the world. Toshiharu Sakagami, 31, has posted some 150 videos online that have garnered more than 230,000 views. Sakagami ...
Russian marathoner Viktor Ugarov has been disqualified after winning the Kanazawa Marathon on Sunday, as Russia is suspended from international athletics events amid allegations of state-sponsored doping, The Associated Press reported. The AP quoted the International Association of Athletics Federations as saying Tuesday that ...
Traditional wooden townhouses called machiya could once be found throughout Japan and were especially common in cities such as Kyoto and Nara in Kansai, as well as Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture. More recently, however, their days appear to be numbered, and, as anyone who ...
A bunch of grapes has sold for a record ¥1 million, or ¥38,000 per berry — no trifling matter even in a country where fruit can cost a small fortune. The record-setting bunch of 26 Ruby Roman grapes was the highest priced at this ...
Cutting-edge 3-D printing technology is changing the dynamics of Japanese ceramics as designers merge the traditional craft with a digital framework in pursuit of aesthetic refinement — and drastically reduce the time needed to create their artwork by ditching the potter’s wheel. Yuichi Yanai ...
Representatives from more than 60 cities around the world participating in a UNESCO meeting in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, agreed Wednesday to deepen exchanges and share more information on developing their distinct cultures. The members of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, established in 2004 by ...
