Railfans pay 35,000 yen to take photos with limited-express trains that run in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Three luxury matsutake mushrooms fetch 930,000 yen in the season's first auction in western Japan.

A baby sumo contest in which the first who cries wins takes place in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan.

The Nagasaki Kunchi festival featuring traditional dances takes place in southwestern Japan.

Central Japan Railway will offer 1.5-size seats on the Tokaido shinkansen bullet train connecting Tokyo with Shin-Osaka.

Rice is harvested on a field depicting professional skater Hanyu Yuzuru and ancient regional warlord Date Masamune.

A ginkgo nut harvesting event takes place at a Shinto shrine in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.

Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, is capped with snow for the first time this season.

A bald head contest takes place in northern Japan, with the autumn version held for the first time in four years.

A trading house, bus operator and tire company are working on efforts to introduce sustainable tires for buses to addres...