Tokyo day-trip hot springs: Beautiful Mt. Fuji-view bath is just one highway bus stop from Shibuya App that lets you hunt down discounted food about to expire available at the Expo too Hotel in Osaka ...

Latest volume in Hayao Miyazaki Image Board Series traces the pre-history of Nausicaa, with over 50 never-before-seen Hayao Miyazaki illustrations.

As for the Nonbiri/Laid-back part of the name, that’s because JR is billing this as a pass for people looking for an “unhurried” style of travel, as the pass can be used for regular and rapid-class ...

A rare chance to see this temple-within-a-temple that’s off the beaten tourist track. Kyoto is one of Japan’s top travel destinations, and with good reason, as the city boasts the densest distribution ...

The sugoroku trip around Ghibli Park is also an Easter egg hunt. Ghibli Park does things a little differently than other theme parks. It focuses more on art and atmosphere than parades and rides, and ...

Inspiring individual makes a great impression on foreign tourists. Shibuya’s scramble crossing is a world-famous tourist site, and those who make the journey here to cross the road and gaze up at the ...

Survey finds 10 things to avoid as Japan experiences record-breaking, sometimes patience-testing levels of inbound international tourism. Japan is seeing more inbound foreign tourists than ever these ...

Stories in Kyoto sweets tag.Kyoto Shinkansen sweets dessert hack – How to make the bullet train’s super-hard ice cream even better Casey Baseel 5 days ago ...

The new Ranma anime doesn’t share any of the visual staff of the original TV series, and while the characters are all instantly recognizable, they also look a fair bit different from how they used to.

Because even traditional Japanese folktale characters crave fast food by the light of the moon. When tsukimi moon-viewing season arrives in September, fast food chains around Japan take the ...

The Sanrio sisters get sporty in new Happy Meal team-up. McDonald’s Japan has a packed schedule of beloved big-name characters to collaborate with, as shown by their recent Pikachu and Rilakkuma Happy ...

After years of dealing with ill-mannered visitors, Watazumi Shrine has had enough with what it calls “the destruciton of Japanese culture.” In the fall of 2020, the town of Tsushima’s Watazumi Shrine ...