A father and son ride along the Arakawa River, from Tokyo’s eastern edge to riverside parks, lakes, farms and a much-loved gelato stop.

Most visitors meet ramen, one of Japan’s best-loved dishes, at a restaurant counter. At Ramen Dojo Osaka, a new facility in ...

Shibuya, one of Tokyo’s culture centers, has a new place to stay. VADE HOTEL SHIBUYA, an apartment-style hotel opened ...

The Tokyo City Pass was renewed last September. It now starts with a Base Pass, and travelers can add the attractions they ...

Mixed bathing still flourishes in northeastern Japan. Giles Murray visited several hot spring resorts in Towada-Hachimantai ...

Wish Scroll is a mini hanging scroll that carries a Japanese character chosen for you by a calligrapher. First, you pick and ...

Traditional white-and-black namako walls meet Kamotsuru's landmark brick chimney in the heart of Saijo Sakagura-dori. Hiroshima has long been considered one of Japan’s great sake-producing regions, ...

如果你对清酒感兴趣，西条绝对值得写进日本旅行清单。从广岛站出发不到1小时就能到，这里是日本最密集的清酒产区之一。沿着酒藏通走一圈，7家酒藏都能步行抵达，黑白相间的“海鼠墙”仓库和高耸的砖砌烟囱，勾勒出这座小镇独特的街景。

For residents and visitors to Tokyo, the closest isle worthy of the Cat Island designation lies in Kanagawa Prefecture, the capital’s neighbor to the south. Enoshima, which can be accessed from a ...

As I walked toward the center of the cascading waterfalls, severe coldness gripped my feet, and the rhythmic chants of a Shinto priest disappeared under the sounds of torrents pounding the rocky ...

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BA%90%E6%B0%8F Japanese commoners had no official surnames all the way until the Meiji Restoration (1868), meaning the acquisition ...