If you pray for love in Izumo, there's a good chance you'll be heard. Every year, eight million gods gather in this seaside ...

More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city on Sunday, in what the local ...

KATSUURA, Chiba -- A total of about 20,000 "hina" dolls will decorate various locations in this eastern Japan city during the ...

The city of Kyoto is known as Japan's cultural and spiritual capital. It's for good reason: Kyoto has hundreds of Buddhist ...

Nights out drinking can often end badly. But in Japan, they have a habit of going spectacularly wrong for government ...

Tucked on Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu, Fukuoka thrives in the understated—a mix of old-world craft and neon-lit ...

The Shizuoka Prefecture city of Mishima ranked first among municipalities nationwide in four categories for selling bulky ...

Half an hour by train from Shibuya (the Tokyo district famed for its chaotic crossing), this lesser-known city may be the ...

In Shizuoka, Japan, commercial spaces are being turned into guest accommodation to draw more visitors and help revitalise the ...

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...