“May the world become peaceful,” reads a message tied to a colorful wreath of carefully folded paper cranes. Made by a class of sixth graders from Nara Prefecture, this offering is draped against a ...

Once host to a poisonous gas research facility, Okunoshima is now an Instagram-friendly tourist destination The bunny-ear designs on the window aside, there is little to indicate that the ferry has ...

Okunoshima, affectionately known as Rabbit Island, is a captivating little spot in Japan where the charm of wild bunnies far outweighs the darker history that once plagued the island. Nestled in the ...

Okunoshima is not unique among the some 3,000 islands dotting Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, between Hiroshima prefecture and the island of Shikoku. Neither the biggest nor the smallest, the tiny land mass ...

OKUNOSHIMA, Hiroshima Pref. -- With its turquoise waters, quiet forest paths, palm trees and spectacular views of the mainland and other islands of the Inland Sea, Okunoshima Island has the feel of a ...

We know Japan has cat islands — too many actually, scattered around the country. There is the famous one called Aoshima in Ehime prefecture. Further up north, there is Tashirojima in Miyagi prefecture ...

Okunoshima Island, once a secret poison gas production site, serves as a reminder of its dark history. Photo / The Japan News via The Washington Post During World War II, an entire island in the Seto ...