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

Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan last year ... the number of hikers climbing Mount Fuji. Last year a barrier was ...

Authorities in Kyoto on Tuesday announced plans to hike lodging taxes, as Japan's ancient capital seeks to assuage grumbles ...

Authorities in Kyoto announced on Tuesday plans for a big hike in hotel lodging taxes, as Japan's picture-perfect ancient ...

Kyoto authorities announced Tuesday plans to hike lodging taxes, as Japan's ancient capital seeks to assuage grumbles from ...

Tō-ji Temple (Kyoto): Featuring Japan’s tallest ... of Kyoto. ・Mount Yoshino (Nara): Mount Yoshino boasts about 30,000 white wild cherry trees spread across its valleys and ridges, offering a ...

A Torah scroll that was written and dedicated to a synagogue that will be built on the Temple Mount was brought for safekeeping at the Karlin Yeshiva in the haredi city of Modi'in Illit.

Mt. Kinpu, a 2,599-meter high mountain that straddles Yamanashi and Nagano Prefectures, is known as one of Japan’s “100 famous mountains ... and it is known to offer spectacular views of Mt. Fuji.

There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits ...

Climate change is already impacting Japan, leading to an increase in ... showed that the average daytime temperature in Fuji, a city near Mt. Fuji in eastern Shizuoka province, has risen above ...

It is a time-honored tradition for people across Japan to visit temples or shrines during the New Year period to pray for good luck and happiness. Saijo Inari Temple in Okayama draws about 600,000 ...