Two seasoned trip planners on how to best tour the Golden Route through five cities, including Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.

The controversial Tokyo shrine’s wide stone path, normally reserved for quiet prayers and camera-clicking tourists, ...

North Korean workers in Far East Russia’s Sakhalin region have discovered remnants of an early 20th-century Japanese temple, ...

In this episode of Kings and Generals’ History of Japan series, we explore Japan’s first contact with the West, beginning with the arrival of the Portuguese in the 1540s. Learn how these early ...

The world's largest wooden structure has been completed. Aptly named the Grand Ring, it takes the form of a massive circular ...

The origins of today’s Japanese gardens lie in the Zen gardens of Japanese Buddhist temples from the 13th century onwards. These weren’t pleasure gardens or flower gardens, but meditative ...

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Tourist etiquette in Japan has been a major topic as the ... or when viewing cultural properties at temples and shrines, it is considered good manners to carry your backpack in front of you. 3. “Be ...

Ryan Gosling confirmed his starring role in the latest 'Star Wars' movie, 'Starfighter,' at the Star Wars Celebration event in Japan. 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' director Jon Favreau, plus stars Pedro ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan recorded a trade deficit in its March-April fiscal year but racked up a surplus with the U.S., the Finance Ministry reported Thursday. Japan’s global trade deficit totaled 5 ...

Officials said the foot overbridge in front of the temple is being constructed at ₹2.30 crore. Bids will be finalised for the facility planned near Thalaivasal. The foot overbridge before the ...

A weeping cherry tree said to be more than 400 years old is blooming at a temple in Fukui Prefecture along the Sea of Japan. The tree at Kogyoji temple in Eiheiji Town is about nine meters tall ...