With its mysterious misty forests, starry night skies and rolling mountains, the Higashi Kishu area of southern Mie is where you’ll find all of the best parts of the prefecture distilled in one ...

Discover Ise Ise is a must-see in Mie Prefecture. This small town is best known as the home of the Ise Jingu shrine, a legendary Shinto shrine, and arguably the most important in Japan.

Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture is Japan ... the Ise Plain in the north of the prefecture. Mount Ōdaigahara in the southwest is known as one of the rainiest places in Japan. Established in 1876 ...

By heading south-east from Tokyo, past Nagoya and into Mie Prefecture, however ... Check out these attractions for maximum zen. Shintoism is at the heart of Japanese culture, and one of the ...

It has also been featured in Mie Prefecture’s official tourism site. As the Komyoji Temple is included in our list of famous places and specialities, we are rewarded with 15,000 yen. We now have ...

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 ...

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 ...