Japan

For centuries lighthouses have served as navigation aids, helping protect marine traffic from running aground on dangerous coastlines, rocks and reefs. As we're ever-so-slightly fond of superlatives here at Google Sightseeing, we'll take a tour of the tallest lighthouses around…

A monstrous racing circuit in the shadow of Mount Fuji, Fuji Speedway has played host to the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix, Le Mans prototypes, Super GTs, and now the Street View car and trike team!

On the 11th March 2011, 70 kilometres off the east coast of Tōhoku, the most powerful earthquake in the country's history struck Japan, triggering a powerful tsunami that swept inland up to 10 km, swamping some areas with waves over…

In the past few hours, Google have announced their largest ever Street View update, incorporating new imagery for thirteen of the twenty six countries with existing coverage. The countries receiving updated imagery are Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,…

We get so many submissions of weird and wonderful things our readers have found on Google Maps and Google Earth that we couldn't possibly post them all. Today however, we are launching a new feature that will bring more of…

With springtime just around the corner (in the Northern hemisphere at least), some readers may be thinking about booking a holiday. You might expect that spending more money on your hotel would guarantee the best stay, but is this true…