Japan lends itself to a multi-day guided walking trip, a rich culture with a surprising amount of wilderness to explore, ...

At a big-hearted retreat surrounded by nature, Zen rituals fused with mindfulness practices teach Kate Crockett to be more ...

Hosted by the city government and the Kyoto City Tourism Association, the event is spread across 15 locations and runs until March 18. At Ryoanji temple, with its famous rock garden ...

The Arashiyama Bamboo Grove also known as the Sagano Bamboo Forest is a natural moso bamboo forest in Kyoto that has various pathways for tourists and it is ...

But experts know that the "garden" of diplomacy still requires active cultivation to keep it healthy. The Asahi Shimbun spoke with Ryan Shaffer, president of the Japan-America Society of ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

When we were in Japan we wanted to do a lot of stamp collecting. Two of the layered stamps we collected were from two ...

The best way to get around Kyoto is by bus and on foot. The abundance of English-language signs and announcements make Kyoto's bus systems easy for visitors to navigate. But all those bus fares ...

A part of a Shingon sect temple, the Shinsen-en Garden is a designated historic site. It was constructed during the Heian capital period and was a private garden belonging to the emperor. It’s also ...

The most widely read and translated Japanese philosophers of the modern era, Nishida Kitarô and Nishitani Keiji flourished in the early through late twentieth century. Their distinctive school of ...

The first day of the two-day meeting centered on global geopolitics including Ukraine, with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya vowing to continue support for Kyiv while also expressing hope that ...