Osaka, located in Kansai Prefecture, is known as the "Kitchen of Japan" and is the country's best food destination. Here's ...

Welcome to Food in Japan! 🍣 Thanks for stopping by! 🙏 If you love Japanese food, you're in the right place. Join me as I ...

It’s Japan 101 – offering insights into this complex country, with a focus on affordability and a relaxed pace without sacrificing creature comforts.

Atlas Obscura has an incredible list of places to visit called Catlas Obscura. They call it "The cat lady's bucketlist," and it's truly the purrfect itinerary for all cat-lovers. The list includes ...

Japan is a land of ancient temples, bustling cities, and natural beauty, and should be a bucket-list destination for many. Before the pandemic, Japan saw 30 million visitors every year, with those ...

Located inside the national park that is home to Mount Fuji, it is less than two hours from Tokyo. A Buddhist monk is said to have opened the first onsen here, in 738 CE. Today 17 springs provide ...

Skiing in Japan is synonymous with bottomless powder, delicious food, hot springs and full immersion in a culture unlike anything else on the planet. With somewhere north of 400 ski resorts and ...

Japan has a complex culture and visitors often worry about accidentally offending. In truth, you’re not expected to know the ins-and-outs, so try not to panic.

Ski with the right guide. There are a lot of guide companies in Japan, and many of them don’t have anyone who speaks English and/or they have less than stellar reputations in general.

The essential guide to visiting western Japan Most visitors hit the "golden triangle" of Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto on Honshu's east coast. Here's why the regions of Chugoku and Shikoku shouldn't be ...

Pico Iyer is the author of eight works of nonfiction and two novels. His previous works on Japan include The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto, The Inland Sea (with Donald Richie), and the ...