A shamisen performance by Seiki Keene, the adopted son of Japanologist Donald Keene, was held in Tokyo on Saturday. Seiki, 74 ...

The Japan Tourism Agency's 2nd Travel Awards recently recognized tour offerings that create value for both travelers and ...

Consider this your ultimate guide to exploring one of Japan’s most accessible off-the-beaten-path experiences—with a ...

A historic hotel with its own shrine for weddings and a stunning art collection offers a unique insight into Japanese culture ...

The 70km Shimanami Kaido, webbed with fishing harbours, hillside citrus orchards and historic shrines, is often regarded as ...

The Koumano Kodo pilgrimage trail is home to some of Japan's most spiritual sites with temples, shrines and beautiful forests ...

In a world of slippery truths, the Thai artist’s radical experiments question received wisdoms about form and function ...

On one side of the table sits a Scottish lobster fisherman and an English PE teacher and across from them, two young girls ...

Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be ...

Rain of Ruin, a new study by war expert Richard Overy, decisively shows that the atomic bombs didn’t force the Japanese ...