Most iconic: gazing upon Mount Fuji or the impressive Himeji Castle during the world-famous cherry blossom ... With space limited, booking well in advance is advised.

At the urging of the city assembly and other local entities to proceed with caution, the mayor has since revised his initial plan and is considering keeping the current admission of 1,000 yen ($6.50) ...

An ancient Norwegian saga recounts a man thrown into a well during a castle siege, potentially as an early act of biological ...

Enjoy a two-day road trip through the colorful autumn scenery of Hyogo Prefecture, exploring its tourist attractions to the ...

Scientists just uncovered the truth behind “Well Man,” and proved he was a lot more than just a poor unfortunate soul.

The early history of Norway can be traced back to just a few texts, the Old Norse sagas, which describe the beginnings of Norwegian kings from the medieval era. One text from the collection is called ...

Back in World War II, Lawang Sewu found itself converted into a Japanese prison. Much of its previous Dutch inhabitants were ...

The mayor of Paris has said the idea of making religious people pay to worship at the Notre Dame is 'morally shocking' ...

Researchers have unearthed new findings about a mysterious, centuries-old corpse that was dumped in a Norwegian castle’s well. Most of what is known about Norway’s early history comes from the ...

Years have been spent performing DNA analysis on human bones found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg Castle. Now experts confirm his DNA belongs to a man who was chucked into a castle pit almost ...

Now experts confirm his DNA belongs to a man who was chucked into a castle pit almost a century ... shrouded in mystery is the identity of the "well-man" who was chucked during a military raid ...

A passage in the Norse Sverris Saga, the 800-year-old story of King Sverre Sigurdsson, describes a military raid that occurred in AD 1197, during which a body was thrown into a well at Sverresborg ...