In Kanazawa it’s clear the city is no stranger to visitors. Several hours north of Kyoto and touted as Japan’s “next big ...

Railroads transformed the world. They stitched together cities and continents, turning once-distant destinations into ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way of ...

He was a commercial artist; many of his pictures – "of crowds milling over bridges towards famous shrines" or "twirling their parasols" in celebrated beauty spots – are essentially tourist posters.

Japanese spas are in a league of their own. In the Kansai Trio (Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka), there are plenty, but these are the ...

Glass may be fragile, but when it's melted, it can be molded into a brand new shape. Just like her medium, 53-year-old Kurumi ...

Diggins started playing baseball at seven years old and was introduced to the sport by his Japanese grandpa, Kazuhiro Yoshizu ...

If a Japan getaway is on your mind, remember these travel guidelines, as the country maintains strict etiquette.

"I honestly wish we had trains like this in the U.K.," Violeta remarked. While countries like Japan, China, and France boast ...

In his new memoir Things Become Other Things, photographer and essayist Craig Mod contemplates the power of a long walk to ...

Michelle Sakazaki is introducing American wine drinkers to Koshu, a rare pink grape from Japan, through her Napa-based label, ...

The bleak pandemic years of empty deckchairs, ghost-town resorts, and thumb-twiddling masseuses are now just a bad memory for ...