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

Visitors enter through a portal of grand Torii gates—an symbolic prelude that marks the transition of the mundane into the sacred—constructed in charred, yakisugi wood, that bring in the only pop of ...

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 ...

Large screens display the American flag, horses, and other vignettes, set to upbeat music in English and Japanese. (© Hufton + Crow) Trahan Architects called the USA Pavilion “a welcoming gatew ...

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 ...