We’ve got new heroines, quirky side characters, and even more tourist hotspots scattered across the scenic backdrop of Mie Prefecture. So, pack your notebook and charge your camera (bring your ...

Zac Reynolds has lived in Japan for over 20 years, and now works for a bicycle maker in Mie Prefecture ... sweets store run by the descendants of a famous ninja spy. After a small island fishing ...

Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture is Japan’s most important ... Pilgrims have journeyed to the area for centuries. Iga is famous for its longstanding association with ninja, and visitors to the ...

Mie Prefecture, in this photo provided by the Iga Municipal Government. IGA, Mie -- Mie University is looking to boost academic inquiry into ninjas, those famous black-clad spies of premodern ...

TSU--“Mitake no Sakura” (Mitake’s sakura) is a famous cherry blossom viewing spot in the mountains about a one-hour drive from Tsu Station in Mie Prefecture. There, around 500 mountain ...

A local at Momozono suggests we visit a temple called Komyoji, which has a famous Jizo stone statue. It is the oldest statue in Mie Prefecture and has been designated as a tangible cultural property.

An ama skin diver catches fish on the seafloor, in Shima, Mie Prefecture ... male divers called "ama" (written with different kanji characters), but in Toba and Shima, the overwhelming majority ...