"I know someone who has been to 85 countries. I asked him which country he'd like to visit again. He didn't even think for a ...

Matcha prices have skyrocketed to historic highs as Japans record-breaking heat slashes green tea yields, tightening supply ...

Some feng shui masters in Hong Kong have warned of natural disasters in Japan this year, including TV personality “Master Seven” who urged people to refrain from visiting the country in April and May.

Japan's green tea exports, including matcha, rose 25% by value to 36.4 billion yen ($252 million) in 2024, driven largely by ...

There’s a secret hiding in Philadelphia that feels like stepping through a portal to Japan, no passport required. Tucked away in Fairmount Park sits Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center, a slice of Kyoto ...

BitSummit just announced a star-studded lineup for this year's show, including Nobuo Uematsu, Kaz Ayabe and Hideki Kamiya. An amazing show coming to Kyoto!

If you have a few little ones (or maybe it’s the big kids in the family… I’m looking at you, Dad), who love Pokémon, then we ...

A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

Most of the bird species throughout this collection were native to Japan, with a few domesticated and some imported cage birds. Bairei was born and lived in Kyoto. He was apprenticed ... on ...

The New York Times As soon as a secret gets widely distributed, it’s a secret no longer. That “hidden treasure” I’m so eager ...

Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as ...