As winter fades, the world eagerly anticipates one of nature’s most breathtaking spectacles: cherry blossom season. This year ...

Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts will open its first hotel in Japan on April 3, 2025. Founded in New York in 1893, Waldorf Astoria is part of the Hilton family of brands, with 34 hotels across the ...

The collision of Mexican and Japanese cuisine sounds like a recipe for culinary chaos. But as Liam Murphy discovers at Los ...

With changing times and changing political leadership, more and more Japanese-era buildings are being restored and reopened ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows is shaping up to be one of the most interesting and exciting installments this franchise has seen ...

Heart-shaped wish plaques tied to a branch are seen at a shrine ... of violating Japan's anti-prostitution law by employing women to provide sexual services at a men's "aesthetic" salon in ...

Of course big cities know all about a 55-year-old craft-led label. But after a long campaign converting medieval market towns ...

Assassin’s Creed Shadows takes the series through the late Sengoku period of Japan, set roughly between the 1570s and 1600 ...

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story, its headline and a photo caption misstated the price of the Elly Amai ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows and Nioh 2 are the latest installments in their respective franchises. The former is part of the long-running series of action-adventure titles helmed by Ubisoft, while the ...

Earthquake-proof joinery, 10-micrometre-thin wood shavings and a scale model of Kyoto's Sa-an Teahouse are on display at ...