Escape the crowds and discover a quieter Japan at these 12 hotels, from mountaintop ryokan to island hideaways.

Journey to Japan’s lesser-visited mountainous region, home to many distinctive traditional inns, within whose walls you can ...

Walking the Nakasendo trail, travelers can visit Japanese post towns, centuries-old towns that look nearly as they would in ...

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles ...

As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

But, graphics aside, Shadows can also stand on its own two feet as an action-packed game, offering satisfying and varied combat, and the ability to explore the world of feudal Japan. It’s not ...

AC Shadows' architecture depicts a bustling, dense feudal Japan with complex design and influence from the Azuchi-Momoyama period. AC Shadows offers a larger open world with changing seasons ...

The game is described as “a story-driven, turn-based RPG where feudal Japan meets magic and machine”, and has players controlling a pair of rōnin and other fighters as they take on other warriors, ...

Finding their "own way" in adapting Japanese culture caused Ubisoft considerable difficulties, even though the game "is not a documentary," which allowed the studio to play around with the history a ...

Feudal Japan is a popular setting for video games, offering action-packed gameplay. Some games set in feudal Japan focus more on stealth and tactics, rather than action. Various games explore ...

offering players a thrilling adventure set against the backdrop of feudal Japan. Whether exploring stealth missions as a Shinobi or engaging in battle as a Samurai, this new title promises an ...

A different breed of craftsmanship thrives in the snow-laden valleys of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan. Think thatched roofs, ancient architecture, and the serene isolation that breeds focus. Here ...