After months in Japan, we came up with a list of the best wellness retreats in Kyushu, Okinawa, and other southwest ...

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

While you could explore Japan on your own, there's something to be said for having someone else do all the hard work for you; ...

A lot of the most popular shrines and temples are actually open 24/7, so the fact that you can technically go whenever you ...

A lot of the most popular shrines and temples are actually open 24/7, so the fact that you can technically go whenever you ...

Nara is a city located in the Kansai region of Japan, near Kyoto and Osaka. It was the first permanent capital of Japan, ...

Right outside of Kyoto, Japan, is Nara, a picturesque city that’s home to some of the cutest and most polite animals in the world— the wild deer of Nara Deer Park! These deer are known to bow to ...

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

Dear Annie: My daughter-in-law and I have never had a good relationship, but we tolerate each other because of my son. I have tried to be a good mother-in-law. I never visit unannounced. When my ...

Police have begun patrolling Nara Park to safeguard its sacred deer population after a video of a tourist kicking and slapping one of the animals went viral, sparking outrage in Japan and drawing ...