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From ancient castles to delectable cuisine, explore the welcoming Japanese city of Nagoya with our comprehensive list of top things to do.
People seeking to melt away their stress at one of Japan's famous hot springs are instead finding themselves immersed in ...
As the award-winning A Samurai in Time comes to Blu-ray and digital, we explore highlights of Japanese cinema’s many inspired leaps and loops across time.
Beige dials and smaller case sizes – two big trends that stood out at Watches and Wonders 2025 – now come together in a genuinely wearable, genuinely ...
A two-story house located in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, stands peacefully near Kanda Myojin, the main shrine of the Edo shogunate.
While FX's "Shōgun" takes place in feudal Japan, the acclaimed series was filmed almost entirely in another country on the ...
NARA—The species resembling a "dragon" mummy that has long been kept in the Shosoin Repository here, a World Heritage site, ...
The Hiraoka family’s former residence, which belonged to a merchant family and was built in the Edo period (1603-1867), was ...
Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...
OSAKA--After sunset when Osaka’s central Umeda district dazzles with vibrant neon lights, visitors head upward to enjoy the ...
In Chiba, a quiet revival is taking shape, where creatives are reimagining Japan’s forgotten kominka — traditional folk homes — inviting people to slow down, reconnect with the land and question what ...
Japan’s oldest and largest museum houses over 110,000 items ... of the prehistoric Jomon period to the ink paintings of the Edo period (1603–1867), culminating in the vibrant dynamism of ...