Japan isn’t usually associated with seductive stretches of sand, but it should be. From surfing hubs to remote tropical getaways, these are the archipelago’s best beaches.

Scouring websites like Japan Guide and forums like Reddit, we've found the best of them. A note to readers, the word "hama" is Japanese for beach, and each beach's location shows the prefecture, or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kerama Islands are found in Keramashoto National Park, southwest of Okinawa, Japan, and are a famously good spot for diving ...

KATOKU, Japan — Standing on its mountain-fringed beach, there is no hint that the Japanese village of Katoku even exists. Its handful of houses hide behind a dune covered with morning glories and ...

There are many good reasons to guzzle down a Japanese hotpot. One being: it’s delicious. However, fatigue from having kayaked in 32C temperatures through mangrove forests is rarely one of them. My ...

Snow on the sand, waves in motion—Japan’s winter beaches reveal one of the world’s rarest coastal spectacles. Japan's northern and western coasts feature rare snow-covered beaches in winter Hokkaido ...

Standing on its mountain-fringed beach, there is no hint that the Japanese village of Katoku even exists. Its handful of houses hide behind a dune covered with morning glories and pandanus trees, the ...