The park is one of Japan’s top destinations for wisteria, boasting 350 trees that bloom from mid-April to mid-May. The stunning flowers, which dangle from wooden trellises, come in a riot of colours ...

Ashikaga Flower Park in Tochigi prefecture is known for its colourful collection of wisterias that bloom every spring, attracting visitors from all over the country. If you missed out on seeing them ...

While springtime in Japan is often celebrated as a time to admire cherry blossoms, it would be remiss to not take in the gorgeous splendor of blooming wisterias as well. For that, there is no better ...

ASHIKAGA, Tochigi Prefecture--The Ashikaga Flower Park here ranks as the top illumination park in Japan for good reason: The 100,000-square-meter area undergoes a fairytale transformation every year ...

If you are a flower buff, you probably know that the sakura season is just one small part of Japan’s ongoing cycle of flower festivals. Sure, the pretty pink petals of March and April may disappear ...

In June 2009, this column mentioned a TBS news report about the DNA testing method that resulted in the 1992 conviction of Toshikazu Sugaya for the 1990 murder of 4-year-old Mami Matsuda in Ashikaga, ...

ON NOVEMBER 29th, Ashikaga Bank, tenth largest of Japan's 115 regional banks, admitted that it was insolvent, with liabilities in excess of assets of ¥102.3 billion ($930m) at the end of September.

Who Is Ashikaga Takauji from The Elusive Samurai? The first episode of The Elusive Samurai paints Ashikaga Takauji as one of the most significant historical figures of his era, one whom most Japanese ...

A consortium led by Japan's largest brokerage, Nomura Holdings, was chosen by the country's banking authority to take over the ailing, nationalized Ashikaga Bank with a bid in excess of 300 billion ...