Ibaraki Prefecture’s success from promoting its beauty and charms was short-lived. The prefecture returned to its familiar bottom-basement ranking in a survey this year of “attractive prefectures.” ...

Akita Prefecture sets along the Sea of Japan in the Tōhoku region in northern Honshū. It is Japan’s sixth largest prefecture by size. Largely mountainous, its main ranges are the north-to-south ...

Ōita Prefecture, in northeastern Kyūshū, is known for its hot springs, counted among Japan’s finest, and its deep history. Ōita Prefecture is located in northeast Kyūshū. It borders Fukuoka, Kumamoto, ...