Judith L Karst, 80, passed away unexpectedly on the morning of May 9, 2025, in Ludington, Michigan. Judith was born on September 29, 1944, in Mishawaka, Indiana. She spent the first five years of ...

Just inside the imposing wooden gate at the temple grounds of Ryozen-ji in Japan, I’m transfixed by shimmering koi fish dashing around a sunlit pond. Watching the changing patterns of red, white ...

SANTA CRUZ — When it comes to settings for her books, Leslie Karst frequently draws from her surroundings. Her “Sally Solari Mysteries” brought her titular protagonist to Karst’s hometown ...

Herman Lee Karst, 83, of Casper, Wyoming died peacefully Friday, November 24, 2017 at Meadow Wind Memory Care Center after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Herman was born February ...

AmaWaterways announced Tuesday that Catherine Powell will join the company as president, while co-founder and co-owner Kristin Karst will relinquish her role as executive vice president.

Western Japan’s Chugoku and Shikoku regions are an antidote to overtourism. Yes, Hiroshima is a deservedly popular destination, but branch out from there and Chugoku offers a tantalizing mix of ...

Fujio Mukaihara was on a business trip to Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands, when he first encountered the pilgrims. Mukaihara — a systems engineer at the time — had flown ...

Photograph courtesy of Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company Limited Sandankyo Gorge is a lush stretch of river dotted with waterfalls and transparent emerald pools. Photograph courtesy of ...

The visit to Longzhou begins unpromisingly. Why, the policeman at a checkpoint on the edge of the city wants to know, am I going to a little-known town two hours’ drive southwest of the Guangxi ...

Three of Japan's most extraordinary gardens can be seen in Shikoku, the most mountainous and least well known of the country's major islands, which lies just a few hours south of Kyoto ...

The best director award went to Tang Yongkang for “Stars and Moon, which the jury said had “savagely poetic direction.” The prize provides RMB200,000 for future film development. The best ...