Mishima-tei: The best sukiyaki in the heart of Kyoto. Taro Mishima, the restaurant’s fifth-generation head chef, specializes ...

This is our Kyoto house tour. I love giving house tours in every country we visit. This house in Kyoto, Japan is a great size ...

Whether you're getting from A to B, or turning a journey into an adventure, these are the most scenic train journeys in Japan as the trees shed their leaves.

Once upon a time when Japan was exotic, Kyoto was a city unlike any other. The ancients knew it as Heian Kyo, City of Peace and Tranquility – as indeed it was. Founded in 794 as the new capital of a ...

From Kyoto’s misty hills to Tokyo’s TikTok cafes, the matcha boom has gone global – and Japan’s ageing tea farmers are ...

This week a new Pokémon Center opens in Kyoto. At first glance it looks like any other Pokémon Center that dots Japan, but it’s not. This is the most traditionally Japanese of them all. The store’s ...

A lot of the things I’ve loved most throughout my life come from Japan. I’ve been playing Pokémon, Mario, and other Japanese video games since I was a kid during the Super Nintendo and Game Boy Color ...

While Tokyo dazzles and Kyoto charms, Fukuoka quietly draws you in — not with fanfare, but with a rhythm that feels effortlessly real.