An interview with Christopher Harding, historian and author, who explores Japan’s culture and history through books that ...

Tochigi Prefecture deserves to be on every traveler’s wish list. Just two hours by train from Tokyo, it is blessed with ...

The Niigata Wine Coast may just be the most beautiful wine region in Japan, and is perfect for a weekend getaway.

In the year 1600, Japan was a country at war. For more than a century, warlords had fought each other over control of their domains. The central area of Japan, stretching from Osaka and Kyoto up ...

For the next thousand years, Japanese paper folding was largely restricted to religious ceremonial use, as paper was expensive. However, paper-making was one of the many industries that flourished ...

As I walked toward the center of the cascading waterfalls, severe coldness gripped my feet, and the rhythmic chants of a Shinto priest disappeared under the sounds of torrents pounding the rocky ...

Bread first came to Japan through Portuguese traders and missionaries in the mid-16th century. However, Christianity was banned in the early 17th century, and any toehold bread had made went with it.

日本當前的雞肉市場中最罕見且珍貴的肉種莫過於「地雞」，僅佔總消費的量的百分之一，其地位可說是相當於牛肉市場的和牛。依據日本農林規格（JAS）的規定，地雞除了要有50%以上的本土 ...

Helpful signposts show the way along the Ohechi route. It is the end of the first day of a three-day hike following the course of an ancient pilgrimage route along the coast of Japan and everything is ...

良品計畫株式會社以零售製造業者之姿，從商品企劃、製造、流通至銷售，「無印良品」品牌成功推向大眾生活裡，不僅在日本國內擁有許多店鋪，更揚名海外。從衣著類至生活雜貨到食品，用 ...

雖然台灣也有所謂的路隊，讓小學生自己上下學，但通常多集中在家裡離學校真的很近的學生，或是中高年級生，低年級生一般還是多由家長接送。這一點在日本則不太一樣，日本的家長從小孩 ...

日本尾濑国立公园横跨了日本群马、福岛、新泻、枥木四县，是日本最大的高原湿地公园。因为其特别的地质和气候，在那里你可以看到各式各样的花草鸟兽，日本有些学校每年都会组织学生去 ...