With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

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The former imperial capital is both the symbol of Japan's temples and geishas and of globalized overtourism. And yet, blocks ...

This underrated city was once the capital of Japan in the Middle Ages and is now a beautiful, tourist-friendly hub with ...

With a population of more than 37 million, Tokyo is the biggest metro area in the world, filled with bright lights, big crowds and some of the most complicated toilets I’ve ever seen.

Why wasn’t Tokyo, Japan’s capital city, chosen as a nuclear target, while Hiroshima and Nagasaki were mostly annihilated? The ...

Here’s how to explore the best of Japan’s capital, from summer festivals and less-visited neighborhoods to day trips to World ...

One of the world’s most populous cities, Tokyo brings together many of the elements that make Japan so popular with travelers ...

The ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto has introduced more ... of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan. “Kyoto City has learned from the 2011 earthquake, which caused more than ...

Archaeologists excavating at Gradishte, a site in North Macedonia, believe they may have uncovered the remains of the city of Lyncus. This is believed to be the lost capital of the ancient Kingdom ...