The city of Kyoto is known as Japan's cultural and spiritual capital. It's for good reason: Kyoto has hundreds of Buddhist ...

Fuzoku is a complex term to explain, and the two kanji characters that it’s written with aren’t very helpful. The first, 風, ...

A Japanese budget airline is extending its flights to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport just in time for summer ...

Why am I here, so off the beaten track? So I can go off the beaten track – get away from tourists like me. Because Japan these days is very, very popular. With the yen softer than the clouds in ...

The recent surge of Chinese travelers into Japan may be creating much-needed ambassadors.

Visiting a historic pho restaurant in a hidden alley of Ho Chi Minh City, Japanese content creator Chika savored every bite ...

We opted for a Japan Rail Pass, which allows for unlimited travel on most JR trains for a set period. With four stunning resorts in Hokkaido, Club Med invites travelers to secure their dream winter ...

The weak yen has spurred many Chinese nationals to visit Japan, while food is the biggest motivator for them to travel to the ...

Miyazaki prefecture, on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, is leveraging anime and manga for tourism promotion through public-private partnerships. One such initiative is in the ...

ALLISON SCHAEFERS / ASCHAEFERS @STARADVERTISER.COM Gov. Josh Green and the consul general of Japan in Honolulu, Yoshinori Kodama, signed an action plan Monday to bring more travelers from Japan to ...