Escape the crowds and discover a quieter Japan at these 12 hotels, from mountaintop ryokan to island hideaways.

Journey to Japan’s lesser-visited mountainous region, home to many distinctive traditional inns, within whose walls you can ...

A northern city plans to promote Niigata Prefecture’s many local specialties--including its snow--at the Osaka Kansai ... in Osaka’s Konohana Ward. The Japan Association for the 2025 World ...

One of the world’s most populous cities, Tokyo brings together many of the elements that make Japan so popular with travelers ...

Japanese station stamps, or eki stamps, can be collecting in most train stations and many tourist attractions in Japan. Now ubiquitous in many of Japan’s 9,000 stations, the first eki stamp ...

"I'm very disappointed." Japan's unique geographic location, especially the northern island of Hokkaido, is famed for delivering its soft, powdery snow. Cold winds from Siberia pick up moisture in ...

Home to over 1,600 types of roses and more than 10,000 plants, this garden is one of the top spots in Japan for rose lovers. The garden even produces its own original cultivars every autumn While ...

Japan broaches ‘one-theater’ concept to U.S. for Indo-Pacific Rural areas woo foreign workers with health insurance, cash Kyoto Univ. progresses in iPS cell research for Type 1 diabetes ...

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