Kick off the new year with fire festivals, water festivals, and even festivals featuring ogres!
Kick off the new year with fire festivals, water festivals, and even festivals featuring ogres!
The hottest events to catch in Japan this September.
Highlights include the Gion Festival in Kyoto and the Tenjin Festival in Osaka — one of Japan's most famous festivals.
Tashirojima is a small, scarcely populated island with as many cats as you can shake a selfie stick at.
The options are plentiful, the prices low. Choose from jungle treks, wild camping, zip-lining and more.
The blooms are fashionably late. Here's when to see sakura in all the major cities.
Castle grounds, sprawling parks — and somewhere extra special.
From temples to riversides, geisha districts — and more.
Explore the shiny new stop on the Hokuriku Shinkansen — an easy trip from Tokyo.
Now with the Valley of Witches, and real-life cat buses.
Plum and cherry blossoms, spring festivals, the Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka — and more!
The prefecture extends a warm welcome, as part of its efforts to rebuild in the wake of the Noto earthquake.
Winter wonderlands, oyster festivals, and rituals to chase away demons.