Visit this serene town known for its soothing onsens, scenic parks, and charming local shops, and you'll see why it's often ...

Hovering over the landscape was stately Mount Asama, its summit tipped with white. I had heard about Karuizawa for what felt like the entirety of my childhood. It was the place where my mother had ...

At the foot of Mt. Asama, lies Karuizawa, one of Japan's most well-known resort areas. In the late 1880s, foreign missionaries began building holiday cottages in the town to escape Japan's fierce ...