Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

No one has ever walked through these doors with the sport-changing, Hall-changing, planet-changing possibilities of Ichiro.

Sake has a rich history complete with dragons and gods in ancient Japan. Today, the rice wine is still sacred and has UNESCO recognition for its intangible cultural heritage. Explore the rice wine in ...

On the first day of my first trip to Japan, I hit my head on a doorway walking towards a talking toilet. This particular ...

The unique "Mendon" festival, featuring a parade of participants wearing bizarre masks who smear black soot on the faces of onlo･･･ ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday his Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner must at least ...

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering ...

The Ama divers of Japan, primarily in Toba and Shima, preserve an ancient tradition of free diving for shellfish and pearls, ...

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Surrounded by the vast Pacific Ocean, Japan’s Ise-Shima region is a place where ancient traditions, spirituality and the ...