The nearby Itsukushima Shrineon Miyajima Island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a symbol of Japan's enduring beauty. 12. Sendai (1.06 million) The largest city in the Tohoku region, with a ...

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

Tokyo officials were overjoyed after the Japanese capital was named the world’s best large city in a leading U.S. travel magazine. Conde Nast Traveler’s 2024 reader survey, which excluded U.S ...

Tranquil and blanketed in pristine white snow, the Japanese city of Otaru serves as the backdrop of a popular ... On Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, or Red Note, posts of how to re-create the ...

The city is home to Izumo Taisha, thought to be the country's oldest shrine and dedicated to Okuninushi, who is worshipped as the creator of Japan and the god of enmusubi in Japan's indigenous ...

There are endless urban centers to visit in Japan beyond Tokyo and Kyoto. To shift in a different direction from those two ...

KAWACHINAGANO, Japan — Approximately 6,600 miles from Carmel, Indiana, there is a small city in south-central Japan considering installing a roundabout and modeling its future economic ...

This is an effort to balance daily life and tourism, and we plan to propose it to the city council as part of a roughly two-year plan.” Japan is experiencing a record influx of tourists.

Japan has triumphed in our annual survey of the best world cities. Both Kyoto and Tokyo finished in the top five, in part because there has never been a cheaper time to go. Japan’s capital is the ...