Unexpected detours, cultural wanderings and happy supermarket sprees are all part of the fun. Here's what our Japan road trip ...

High up in the Japanese Alps ... But when travellers first walked this ancient route, it would have been a far less meditative affair. The Nakasendo road was established in the 1600s to facilitate ...

On this episode of Journeys in Japan, Sheila Cliffe from the UK follows the Silk Road from northern Kanto, once a major production area, to Yokohama, where the silk took off to the world.

Researchers have concluded that glass beads excavated from the tomb of a king in Fukuoka Prefecture were likely brought to Japan through the ancient Silk Road trade route network. A group of ...