Experiencing life in a remote and scenic Japanese mountain village.

It’s a format that blends kaiseki and izakaya-style dining ...

Video. In Aomori, Japan, women in kimonos performed the Taue Mochitsuki rice pounding ceremony amid snowfall, aiming for a ...

In Japan, the ages of 25 and 42 are the most unlucky for men. Fortunately, there is a 300-year-old solution. It involves oceans of sake and a giant bonfire battle.

Nikko transforms into a calm, snow‑covered escape in winter, pairing gentle ski slopes with steaming onsen and easy rail ...

The Shirakawa-go settlement light-up event started on January 12 in the village of Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture. The ...

Japan is the opposite of the U.S. in many ways, and not just because the mountains there are seeing above-average snowfall ...

Japan is moving toward a 10 percent foreign population far faster than official projections, with dozens of municipalities ...

The new wine bar, also in the West Village, focuses on France and Greece; an Australian pub opens on the Lower East Side; and ...

Heavy snow and strong winds have forced airlines in Japan to cancel more than 100 flights on Tuesday, mainly on routes to and ...

The former home of a diner and then a Japanese restaurant in Ridgefield Park has been demolished to make way for a mixed-use residential and commercial building on the property.