Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At night, the Zao Snow Monsters are illuminated with colored lights so visitors can continue to marvel them after dark. Photograph ...

Yamagata, a city in northeastern Japan, topped the country's rankings for household spending on ramen for the fourth straig ...

Children in Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan, experienced making traditional brooms, known as Magishima brooms.

YAMAGATA -- This northern Japan prefecture's status as having the nation's highest voter turnout is under threat, as snow and ...

As Japan’s tourism hot spots attract more and more travelers, there’s never been a better time to go off the beaten path and explore relatively under-visited places like Yamagata Prefecture. While ...