What comes to mind when you think of Japan? Yes, there are the loud lights, jaw-dropping temples, and the manga and anime bursting with colors and sounds....
Are you living or travelling in Japan? Seen something which you think is a Hidden Wonder of Japan? Want a chance to get published on...
“Strawberry fields forever,” as the Beatles once wrote. Certainly in Japan, considering how little land there is to grow fruit and vegetables, there seems to...
To celebrate Golden Week and Children's Day, the local community of Kumano City in Mie Prefecture installed around 250 carp streamers along the coast.
Repurposed "Blue Train" sleeping cars offer tranquil accommodation near a ropeway station connecting to Unpenji Temple along the famous Shikoku Pilgrimage.
During mid-spring, a gentle sea of baby blue eyes blankets a hillside within Toneri Park, the third biggest park in the Tokyo Metropolis.
Kameido Tenjin Shrine is noted for beautiful flowers and its wisteria festival is the most celebrated in the region. The festival is free and runs to...
Japan's spirit world teems with supernatural beings, but the closest equivalent to vampires might be a fox spirit in the guise of a beautiful temptress.
Spring in modern Japan is about new beginnings, but ancient festivals reveal that sakura was a sign so ominous it could scare people out of their...