When asked to picture Tokyo, most people tend to visualize a high-tech, urban environment teeming with people forever on the move. While this isn’t entirely inaccurate, the greater Tokyo area has so ...

From Kyoto and Nara to Hakone, Takayama, and Kinosaki Onsen, these eight destinations offer temple streets, gardens, mountain scenery, hot springs, and heritage districts in settings that feel more ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Animated Jigsaws: Beautiful Japanese Scenery Complete video jigsaw puzzles alone or team up with friends and finish them together! “Animated Jigsaws – ...

It’s a chilly Saturday afternoon in February and temperatures are creeping just above the freezing mark – a time of year when most seaside destinations are devoid of leisure travelers. But this is ...

The enormous sand dunes on the Tottori coast have an otherworldly quality. The surreal scenery was the inspiration for Kōbō Abe's 1962 novel (and later film) "The Woman in the Dunes." Sandboarding and ...

People tend to be pretty divided on winter weather in Japan. Some see it as a welcome alternative to the heat and humidity of summer, while others would choose any amount of profuse sweating over ...

Despite offering some of Japan’s most beautiful scenery, Shirakawa-ko isn’t all that famous. “Wait a second,” you might be saying, “isn’t that village in Gifu Prefecture with the thatched roofs one of ...

While on vacation in Tokyo, Drew Frazier of Alexandria visited a rabbit cafe — a local reaction to the standard small space in Japan that can make owning pets difficult. (Pam Frazier) Our readers ...

Animated Jigsaws is a jigsaw puzzle game with video instead of pictures. “Beautiful Japanese Scenery” contains moving images from Japanese famous places including Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, Tokyo, the Snow ...