The best time to visit Tokyo is between March and April and September and November. Autumn ushers in colorful foliage and comfortable temperatures. Spring brings in much of the same, but instead ...

For most travelers, Japanese springtime's Sakura season is the time to experience Japan at its most beautiful—think a flurry of pink flower petals falling as if on slo-mo. But Japan has another highly ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a ritual offering Oct. 17 to a Shinto shrine in Tokyo that Chinese and Koreans ... to mark the shrine’s three-day autumn festival that started the same day.

Tokyo’s streets during Rakuten Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2025 became a runway of original style, where street style stars ...

*Dashi: Soak the kombu in water for at least 3 hours and simmer for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat, add the katsuobushi and set aside for 5 minutes. Strain through a paper towel. 1. Gently rinse ...

The nation’s first freight-only Shinkansen bullet train is expected to go into service between Tokyo and Morioka this autumn. East Japan Railway Co. plans to convert an E3 series Shinkansen by ...