An interview with Christopher Harding, historian and author, who explores Japan’s culture and history through books that ...

Tochigi Prefecture deserves to be on every traveler’s wish list. Just two hours by train from Tokyo, it is blessed with ...

The Niigata Wine Coast may just be the most beautiful wine region in Japan, and is perfect for a weekend getaway.

A Magical Forest on the Edge of Tokyo Just a 90-minute train ride from the towering skyscrapers of Shinjuku lies the Fukasawa ...

For residents and visitors to Tokyo, the closest isle worthy of the Cat Island designation lies in Kanagawa Prefecture, the capital’s neighbor to the south. Enoshima, which can be accessed from a ...

As I walked toward the center of the cascading waterfalls, severe coldness gripped my feet, and the rhythmic chants of a Shinto priest disappeared under the sounds of torrents pounding the rocky ...

The most interesting features of Japanese homes bring tremendous practical advantages. Most of these ideas make it possible to use space more flexibly. Some improve physical health and comfort. Yet ...

Tales of the samurai are synonymous with swordsmen around the world, but in fact some of Japan’s most celebrated warriors were women. Technically, women couldn’t become samurai. But samurai was a ...

For the next thousand years, Japanese paper folding was largely restricted to religious ceremonial use, as paper was expensive. However, paper-making was one of the many industries that flourished ...

在日本，各种寺庙和神社里，都会看到琳琅满目的御守（おまもり）。 御守和护符（ごふ）、咒符（じゅふ）一样，都被认为是一种护身符，日本人认为，日常生活中随身携带御守，可以避开灾 ...

In the year 1600, Japan was a country at war. For more than a century, warlords had fought each other over control of their domains. The central area of Japan, stretching from Osaka and Kyoto up ...

包含日文中的「娼館」或「花街（賣藝不賣身的藝伎聚集地）」等場所被稱為「遊郭」，簡單來說就是現在的風化區。翻閱歷史，早在江戶時代（1603年－1867年）政府許可的合法性交易場所之前 ...