Student opens museum showing his mechanical pencils in Kyoto

July 21, 2026

Shinto traditions fill Kyoto streets for Gion Matsuri

July 20, 2026

JR East to replace standard tickets with QR code ones

July 19, 2026

Nara Prison now a luxury hotel highlighting the structure’s past

July 18, 2026

Disney to raise ticket prices at both Tokyo parks in October

July 15, 2026

Century-old Yamagata post office delivers dose of nostalgia

July 6, 2026

Yasujiro Ozu’s former home in Kamakura now a lodging facility

July 5, 2026

Tea products bring prestige to only village in Kyoto Prefecture

June 29, 2026

Monet’s Garden in Japan looking more like one of his masterpieces

June 21, 2026

Japan to open door for local short-term rentals ‘bans’

June 17, 2026

New bus terminal inbound for Nagano’s ski resort village

June 17, 2026

Gifu unveils luxury boat for cormorant fishing tours

June 16, 2026

2 Gunma lakes await summer vacationers with clear blue waters

June 15, 2026

Tire dinosaurs stand guard at Yokohama Rubber plant

June 13, 2026

Giant panda pattern appears on the slopes of Mount Chokai

May 29, 2026

JAL apologizes again as crew drinking delays another flight

May 28, 2026

Tonami Tulip Gallery houses a ‘kaleidoscope’ of perpetual bloom

May 24, 2026

Yamaguchi hotel offers unlimited use of Plarail toy train sets

May 17, 2026

French-cuisine train of Kintetsu to link Nagoya and Ise-Shima

May 10, 2026

Despite private lodgings, Kyoto community seeks to coexist

May 2, 2026

Hiroshima peace museum marks record annual visitor numbers

May 1, 2026

Matsumoto city to collect visitor fee to preserve Kamikochi area

April 24, 2026

Substation in western Tokyo retains WWII air raid bullet holes

April 15, 2026

Western Tokyo’s Kichijoji-area has been popular from olden times

April 11, 2026

Nearly 3,000 ‘minpaku’ rentals in Osaka ‘closely monitored’

April 9, 2026

Wakayama temple attracts global funding for preservation

April 6, 2026

Dramatic views of sakura in full bloom across Yoshinoyama

April 6, 2026