After 16 years of meticulous restoration work completed in 1996, Takayama Jinya opened as a museum. It has been a National ...

On Tuesday, publisher Kodansha announced that Tetsuya Chiba, the illustrator of Ashita no Joe and the first manga artist to ...

November is one of my favorite months in Japan — and not just because it marks the beginning of Sagittarius season. It’s the ...

Few sites in Japan carry the historical weight of Nagoya Castle. Built on the orders of Tokugawa Ieyasu — the warlord who unified Japan and founded the Edo shogunate — construction began in 1610, with ...

A wild monkey in Yamaguchi Prefecture has allegedly thrown a kitten into a pond and attacked the man who tried to rescue it.

Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will shut down on November 30 in preparation for its first major renovation in over 12 years ...

Named one of TIME’s World’s Greatest Places, Mirukashi Salon in Kyushu gives guests a chance to immerse themselves in Japan's ...

Takeharu Yamanaka and Atsumi Harasawa are the leading candidates in the Yokohama mayoral election. Architect Riken Yamamoto ...

Sunshine City will hold a kid-friendly Halloween event with activities, treats, festival games, concerts and photo ops.

Step back in time for a Showa-era Halloween, with Sunset Hill Shopping Street transforming into a festive autumn wonderland.

The new “Kaoru Asakusa Lantern Project” invites visitors to discover the area in a different light, both literally and ...

Fairmont Tokyo’s 43rd-floor bar celebrates Day of the Dead with guest bartenders from Okinawa and Bangkok, tequila and mezcal ...