Ordinary vehicles can use Chirihama beach at the base of the Noto Peninsula along the Sea of Japan because its extremely fine-grained sand hardens by absorbing water. In 2019, more than 880,000 ...

The Chirihama Nagisa Driveway on the Noto Peninsula, which juts out into the Sea of Japan from the coast of the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, is known as “the only sandy beach road in ...

At least six people were reported missing Sunday after heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto, triggering landslides and floods and leaving one person dead in a region still recovering ...

The Noto Peninsula earthquake that occurred on January 1 brought the challenges of earthquake-prone Japan back into sharp focus. With a magnitude of 7.6, surpassing the 1995 Kobe earthquake (Great ...

A study of posts on X (formerly Twitter) after the Noto Peninsula Earthquake found that 10% of posts seeking rescue help were based on false information. After the earthquake that struck Noto ...

Hegura Island is a lone island off the Noto Peninsula in the Sea of Japan. Each autumn, it welcomes a wide variety of migratory birds. They come to Hegura to rest their wings on their way from ...

Delays in rescue are said to have been a serious problem in the January 1st quake that hit the Noto Peninsula in Japan. As experts are still verifying the facts, we spoke to the first responders ...

Wajima, Ishikawa Pref., Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday visited the city of Wajima in the Noto Peninsula in central Japan to inspect areas hit by the Jan ...

The calm before the storms?August gave us all a break from "named storms," but advisors would do well to remember that we are still in hurricane season —... Llamas in residence: There's llama ...

Rising dramatically from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, massive, sheer Percé Rock towers off the tip of Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula like ... coastal marshes, long beach areas with surrounding cliffs ...