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 ...

North Korea on Sunday criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for making a ritual offering to a controversial war ...

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 ...

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 ...