As China cools, the world’s largest luxury conglomerate is making a powerful and visible push into Japan. It’s a sign of a bigger industry shift.

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

TOKYO: Business is booming at Japanese discount chain Don Quijote, which sells everything from nostril-hair wax to compact ...

Architect Toshiko Mori once said that Tokyo “demonstrates that ‘city’ is a verb and not a noun.” Indeed, the Japanese capital ...

Walking the streets of Tokyo, Japan in February 2020. I show the areas of Akihabara, Asakusa, and Shibuya. Akihabara is known ...

For this Kyoto edition, we independently scoped out more than 350 venues and distilled the list down to the very best of the ...

You are an innocent traveler who has decided, either by choice or by some kind of error in judgement, to walk into the zone where patrons can buy pigeon food and, well... feed them. Regardless of your ...

Shopping at Don Quijote is like a “treasure hunt”—a fun experience that foreign visitors love, Hata told AFP. “Customers end ...

How can brands in Japan strike the right balance? While the influx of tourists has boosted luxury brand sales, overtourism has left local shoppers feeling frustrated. Skip to content ...

Built to honor Japan’s Emperor Meiji (1867-1912 ... and is within walking distance of the nightlife and shopping district of Shibuya, and of Harajuku, a neighborhood best known for its boutiques ...

Famous across Japan as a holiday destination and for its unique breed of wild horses, Yonaguni is a tiny outpost jutting out of the East China Sea with a population of just 1,700 people.

But it is, hopefully, full of surprises for even regular visitors to Japan, ones who might not yet have climbed the steep wooden stairs of the Kasamori-Kannon Temple in Chonan, eaten Italian food ...