TRAVEL
Inabe City Plum Blossom Festival
Spring arrives early in Mie Prefecture at Inabe Agricultural Park, where 4,000 p...
Kawasaki: A guide to Japan’s art-filled industrial city
Kawasaki, in Kanagawa Prefecture, is less than 30 minutes by train from Shibuya....
Imperial Hotel opens in Kyoto at registered cultural site
A luxurious Imperial Hotel opened on March 5 in Kyoto's Gion district in western...
Tourism on hold as Middle East war casts uncertainty
Cancelled flights, postponed trips and a great deal of uncertainty: the war in t...
Walk in the footsteps of kabuki founder Izumo no Okuni ...
Kabuki began more than 400 years ago and is now one of Japan’s best-known classi...
In Mito, plum blossoms come first
herry blossoms may dominate Japan’s spring headlines, but in Mito, plum blossoms...
No easy way out for tens of thousands looking to leave ...
As Middle East tensions rise ever higher, tens of thousands of people are findin...
Mito Plum Blossom Festival
Celebrating its 130th anniversary, the Mito Plum Blossom Festival brings plum tr...
Limited flights from UAE begin as governments seek to e...
Several international airlines cautiously resumed a small number of flights from...
Thousands stranded as Iran conflict shuts Mideast hubs
The biggest disruption to global air transport since the COVID pandemic snarled ...
5 Famous Foods You’ll Find in Kochi
Explore some famous foods you'll find in Kochi, from smoky katsuo no tataki to c...
Ryuhyo Monogatari train: A winter rail journey along Ho...
Each winter, JR Hokkaido runs one of Japan’s most unique seasonal sightseeing tr...
Where to see Japan’s winter flowers: Plum blossoms and ...
Japan has a deep appreciation of its seasonality, reflected in the traditional 7...
Take a historic rail journey through Aomori’s winter la...
For much of the year, the Tsugaru Railway quietly connects rural communities acr...
