Six Japanese food professionals — including four acclaimed chefs — took on what seemed to all of them like a near-impossible ...

The cherry blossom season announcement comes just a day after Japan witnessed its first bloom of the year in the southwestern city of Kochi, on the island of Shikoku. 1. Yoshino, Kansai – Famous ...

Without serious efforts to tackle global warming, students in the 2060s or later may no longer be able to engage in extracurricular outdoor sports in summer in most parts of Japan, according to ...

Across Japan, shoppers ... bus ride to the island from Shin-Kobe (the island is joined by bridges at both ends, to Honshu to the north and Shikoku to the south) for a day of onion sampling.

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment. By Pico Iyer Japan’s most celebrated poet, writing in the 17th century under the name of Matsuo Basho ...

On a cold, wet morning in early February, snow piled up along Kyoto's Katsura River had thawed, but conditions were ...

A cherry blossom viewing party held here on March 30 was not a typical “hanami” event, given its theme of “avoiding death.” ...

An easy day trip from Tokyo, the Japanese port city is home to secondhand and vintage stores that are packed with designer ...

But the journey was not without its setbacks. With no map, they mistook Miyazaki in southeastern Kyushu for Shikoku, Japan’s fourth-biggest island, which is linked by bridges to the country’s ...