Nara City (the capital of the eponymous prefecture of Nara) is home to a little over 367,000 people and is located just 20 ...

The country that changed modern culture and design, from A to Z First-time visitors should ... an easy 2.5-hour Shinkansen bullet train ride northwest from Tokyo. (Like Kyoto, the city was largely ...

If you're willing to veer off more well-trodden tracks, you'll be rewarded with ancient hot springs, volcanic mountains and ...

People talk a lot about the complexity of etiquette in Japan, but in 20 years of living here, I think all the ins and outs ...

Traveling and being away from home for business or pleasure offers new sources of stress in ways we can’t necessarily prepare ...

Most people who come to Japan often spend their time exploring Tokyo or Kyoto ... Osaka and 28 miles southeast of Kyoto. It is well-connected to both via trains and buses, making it an easy ...

He got his one-way ticket the night before for $100. Traveler shares pro tips after riding aboard next-gen high-speed train: ...

From visiting a rural onsen to losing yourself in under the neon lights of an arcade, these are the best experiences in Japan ...

We start in Nagoya, Japan’s lesser-known fourth-largest city. Often overlooked by tourists, it is easy to reach from the UK ...

But that surprise feels increasingly confected. Bustling Japan undoubtedly is, but full to bursting it ain’t. And fretting ...