A father and son ride along the Arakawa River, from Tokyo’s eastern edge to riverside parks, lakes, farms and a much-loved gelato stop.

Most visitors meet ramen, one of Japan’s best-loved dishes, at a restaurant counter. At Ramen Dojo Osaka, a new facility in ...

Shibuya, one of Tokyo’s culture centers, has a new place to stay. VADE HOTEL SHIBUYA, an apartment-style hotel opened ...

Mixed bathing still flourishes in northeastern Japan. Giles Murray visited several hot spring resorts in Towada-Hachimantai ...

Wish Scroll is a mini hanging scroll that carries a Japanese character chosen for you by a calligrapher. First, you pick and ...

如果你对清酒感兴趣，西条绝对值得写进日本旅行清单。从广岛站出发不到1小时就能到，这里是日本最密集的清酒产区之一。沿着酒藏通走一圈，7家酒藏都能步行抵达，黑白相间的“海鼠墙”仓库和高耸的砖砌烟囱，勾勒出这座小镇独特的街景。

The Uroko House (right) is an idiosyncratic and charming residence built in the late Meij period. It’s striking turret and fish-scale (uroko) tiles have made it an iconic symbol of Kobe’s Ijinkai ...

略带顽皮的“撒尿男孩”的雕像遍布世界各地，被认为是起源的雕像位于比利时布鲁塞尔，由雕刻家雕塑家弗朗索瓦· 杜奎斯诺伊于1619年创作，原作于1960年代因防止被盗而被收藏于布鲁塞尔 ...

小笠原群岛（おがさわらしょとう）位于从东京都心向南约1000公里的太平洋上，隶属于东京都小笠原村。作为一个自然宝库，这里有许多独特进化的稀有动植物，受到世界的高度评价，并在2011 ...

函馆（はこだて）市位于北海道南部的渡岛半岛上，这里距离日本本州岛的青森县非常近，是北海道著名的港口城市。函馆的人口约为24.6万，与北海道首府札幌市（人口约197万）比起来，确实 ...

Full of history and natural beauty, Etajima is the perfect seaside getaway. (Photo courtesy of Regional Branding Institute Co., Ltd.) Easily reached by ferry from Hiroshima Port or by road via the ...

A view of the city from the castle ramparts. My connection to Himeji reaches back to the 1980s. My hometown, Adelaide, and Himeji forged a sister-city relationship in 1982. A Japanese garden, the ...