The 76th Suwa Lake Fireworks Festival wows audiences at Lake Suwa in the city of Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 15, 2024. Starting at dusk, large-scale spherical "shakudama" fireworks and nearly ...

The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance renewed its legal battle Thursday against a pending potash mine in Millard County. The Bureau of Land Management approved Peak Minerals’ plans to start extracting ...

A character trailer for Rei Suwa was revealed on Friday ahead of the Buddy Daddies series premiere. Suwa is voiced by Kouki Uchiyama, who is famously known for his iconic roles such as Mereum from ...

The century-old Takashima castle on Lake Suwa is considered one of Japan’s top three lake castles, along with Zeze Castle on Lake Biwa (Shiga Prefecture) and Matsue Castle on Lake Shinji (Shimane ...

A glistening white road upon a frozen lake surface in central Nagano Prefecture is where the gods walk. Across Lake Suwa, a natural phenomenon referred to as “The Gods’ Crossing” appears in winter ...

Astronaut candidates Ayu Yoneda and Makoto Suwa become officially certified as Japan's youngest and oldest astronauts at the time of certification, with the sky being the limit on their future space ...

To the delight of local residents this winter, an elevated line of cracked ice appeared on the frozen surface of Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture for the first time in four years. The natural phenomenon ...

Hokkaido-born Atsushi Suwa is one of Japan’s foremost contemporary realist painters. Noted for his extraordinary technical mastery, Suwa combines rigorous research with a penetrating gaze, producing ...

Though the victim of a tragic boat accident at the early age of 36, Naoki Suwa (1954-1990) continues to inspire and influence artists today. He was acclaimed during the late 1970s and '80s for his ...