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

In the dark of night, completely empty, we explore the gates of Kyoto's Fushimi inari Shrine. While its famously said to have 10,000 torii gates that wind up the mountain, the real number is north ...

For example, light-wood arches lining the corridors at Hotel the Mitsui Kyoto in Kyoto, Japan, were inspired by the iconic red torii gates of Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari shrine. Angular timber slats ...

East Japan Railway says it is going to test facial-recognition ticket gates for Joetsu Shinkansen trains. The testing will take place at Niigata and Nagaoka stations by volunteers holding train ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun 15:57 JST, April 7, 2025 (updated at 16:10 JST, April 7) The Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system was resumed Monday afternoon after system failure impacted a total of 106 toll ...

This event adds East Asian-inspired elements to the map, such as a pagoda, torii gates, and more. The most prominently featured Pet of the event is the Sakura Spirit, a dragon-like Pet available ...

The company reported that the outage impacted ETC usage at more than 90 toll gates on 17 expressway routes in Tokyo ... Parts Imports Bank of Japan Gov. Ueda Says ‘Uncertainty Is Quite Large’ Rice ...

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology. Although the code that Gates ...