to be exchange students to Toba, Japan. In late July and August, four Japanese students from Toba will visit the homes of four Santa Barbara students for approximately eight days during Fiesta.

Yukio Mishima's novel "Shiosai" (The Sound of Waves), which depicts the pure love between a fisherman and a female diver on the remote island of Kamishima in Toba, Mie Prefecture, has been adapted ...

TOBA, Mie Prefecture—For more than 20 years ... in part because more leisure activities are available. According to the Japan Productivity Center’s report on recreational activities, the ...

Reveling in the beauty of Antarctica aboard Quark UltramarineNow that I was finally here among glaciers as big as warehouses, colonies of penguins and curious whales, I could see why so..

TOBA, Mie Prefecture--Images of a Baikal seal ... which can be pronounced as “nigo” (two and five), similar to niko in Japanese. The aquarium also chose the name to send out a positive message ...