The controversial Tokyo shrine’s wide stone path, normally reserved for quiet prayers and camera-clicking tourists, ...

Japan has recently been bustling with foreign tourists eager to enjoy spring cherry blossoms, autumn foliage, and winter ...

The best places to stay, eat, shop and visit across the country, according to Japanese artists, designers and chefs.

Travelling to Japan was our dream family holiday for over a decade and with three 20-plus-year-olds and two fifty-plus-year-olds there was a great deal of ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has no plans to visit Yasukuni Shrine during the war-related Tokyo shrine's spring festival next week, people close to him said Friday. Instead, Ishiba plans to make ...

How much does temperature and rainfall in Hakone differ throughout the year? (Meteorological data source: Statistics HAKONE, 30th ed. / http://www.town.hakone ...

The stray cats that are the stars of this mildly charming Japanese documentary aren’t squatters in a Shinto shrine for spiritual reasons. They’ve just found a convenient location – one with ...

In these cases, I think Japan has a great alternative: the multiple ropeways scattered around the country. Enjoying its 65-year anniversary in September 2025, one of the more popular ropeways near ...

Tokyo is a city that never stops surprising me. I’ve been here on all of my 7+ trips to Japan, and every single time, I ...

Suppose you plan a day trip to Mount Fuji from Tokyo. In that case, some of the closest and best viewing spots for Japan’s majestic mountain peak are Hakone, Lake Kawaguchiko, the Tokyo Metropolitan ...

Perhaps because the shrine’s previous attempts to ban foreign visitors met with negative reactions, the announcement makes specific mention that the no-tourists-allowed policy applies to Japanese ...