Japan is a country where long memory and fast change coexist in everyday life. Ancient shrines sit beside neon streets.

A shrine in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto has opened its renowned plum garden to the public, allowing visitors to admire blossoms.

A Pokemon card event for Saturday at Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine was canceled and the Pokemon Company, an affiliate ...

The Imperial Hotel, Kyoto, will open in the Gion Kobu entertainment district of Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, on March 5.

Looking for a way to distil the country’s quiet islands and lively cities into one trip, Kinza Shenn explored little-known ...

At Fushimi Inari in Kyoto, the “street” is really a shrine path that climbs into a wooded hillside. What makes it feel like a tunnel is the way the torii gates ...

From samurai to skyscrapers and sushi to shrines, this Asian archipelago is the ultimate destination for families with ...

Shiso City also positions itself as a birthplace of Japanese sake. The Harima Fudoki, the oldest surviving regional chronicle in Japan, records that sake was brewed at Niwata Shrine, indicating that ...

Hofu Tenmangu, founded in the year 904, is the oldest of three large shrines in Japan dedicated to the scholar Sugawara no ...

NAVITIME JAPAN Co., Ltd. released its "NAVITIME Spot Search Ranking 2025," an analysis identifying the most frequently searched destinations within Japan. This ranking is based on spot search data ...

Japan hit a tourism record in 2025, topping 40 million visitors despite a sharp fall in Chinese arrivals at the end of the ...

From Nara, Einstein and Elsa traveled overnight by train “from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.” to Hiroshima Prefecture. In the early ...