Kimono colorful, made uprising faces of white, light and mysterious steps: The image of the geisha He has been fascinated ...

A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

A new book explores how a number of famous sites in Kyoto were requisitioned by the Occupation authorities after World War II.

The samurai, Japan’s celebrated lineage of warriors, emerged in the Heian period (794-1185), when the rise of their status enabled them to mingle with the refined nobility living in the then ...

Two seasoned trip planners on how to best tour the Golden Route through five cities, including Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Built to honor Japan’s Emperor Meiji (1867-1912), the Meiji Shrine and its ...

If you try to do something the way Japanese do it, however awkwardly, it makes them happy, “because you respect our culture”. We start with the exchange of business cards.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived at Iwo Jima Monday as they begin a tour of memorial visits this month to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Located 30 miles off the coast of Shimane prefecture in western Japan, the rugged Oki islands were once used as a place of exile – even the Emperor Gotoba was banished here in the 1200s.

At Hayama the black chariot of Death waited last week to speed heavenward the Son of Heaven, Yoshihito, the 123d Emperor of Japan. The long illness of His Majesty recently aggravated (TIME, Sept.

Scott Gilman, a member of the Travel + Leisure A-List, highlights the types of itineraries he develops. Here, he plans 14 days in Japan.

We just got back from China. Now we have to go to Japan. Julie can be my geisha any day. Ted Knight has just won five million in a Lottery. Ted is his snarky best. His wife is Rita Moreno. Martha is a ...