The Niigata Wine Coast may just be the most beautiful wine region in Japan, and is perfect for a weekend getaway.

A Magical Forest on the Edge of Tokyo Just a 90-minute train ride from the towering skyscrapers of Shinjuku lies the Fukasawa ...

A Bucolic Retreat in Tokyo Lush, forested mountainsides, cool clean river valleys and farms are not what most people ...

Taekoni Farm, the eco-tourism project I was visiting, is located on Hahajima (Mother Island), the second largest of the ...

Known as Eikando of Autumn Leaves, Eikando Zenrinji is a great place to go to enjoy autumn foliage. Trees dressed in crimsons and deep oranges hide the temple in a veil so vibrant it could be on fire.

2025年的夏天好热好漫长～秋天的风，总算吹到了日本箱根。 接下来，从芦之湖开始，红叶将依次染遍仙石原、强罗和小涌谷。由于箱根汤本站（海拔约110米）到大涌谷（海拔约1千米）之间存在较大落差，高海拔地区也将因此比东京提前一个月来到红叶期。

For the next thousand years, Japanese paper folding was largely restricted to religious ceremonial use, as paper was expensive. However, paper-making was one of the many industries that flourished ...

For residents and visitors to Tokyo, the closest isle worthy of the Cat Island designation lies in Kanagawa Prefecture, the capital’s neighbor to the south. Enoshima, which can be accessed from a ...

In the year 1600, Japan was a country at war. For more than a century, warlords had fought each other over control of their domains. The central area of Japan, stretching from Osaka and Kyoto up ...

Bread first came to Japan through Portuguese traders and missionaries in the mid-16th century. However, Christianity was banned in the early 17th century, and any toehold bread had made went with it.

无论是来过日本、还是看过日剧的小伙伴，都可能会发现，日本生活中常出现一种很神奇的机器。 向机器中投入几枚日元硬币，转动机器旁的旋钮，伴随着两声“咔嚓”、“咔嚓”，就会有一颗 ...

Another precursor to Japan’s janken was mushiken where players would choose from three different hand signs—a snail (left), a frog (middle) or a snake (right ...