Nara City (the capital of the eponymous prefecture of Nara) is home to a little over 367,000 people and is located just 20 ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

Kokuho: Resplendent Treasures of Devotion and Heritage” exhibition will celebrate the 130th anniversary of the national museum in the ancient capital ... Nara Museum, the second museum in Japan ...

Nara was the first permanent capital of Japan so it’s got tons of history, and it’s located less than one hour from Kyoto or Osaka by train so it’s a popular day trip. We took a train from ...

KONAN, Aichi -- A gentle-faced giant Buddha statue with "sunglasses" in this central Japan city, north of Nagoya, has become ...

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

Nara highlights include a stroll through the ethereal Kasugayama Primeval Forest and a short trek up to the Shinto shrine ...

Nara is a city located in the Kansai region of Japan, near Kyoto and Osaka. It was the first permanent capital of Japan, established in 710 AD, and is known for its rich cultural heritage ...

For this Kyoto edition, we independently scoped out more than 350 venues and distilled the list down to the very best of the ...

In western Japan, Himeji Castle is preparing to implement a dual-rate admission policy. Starting in March 2026, local ...

And yet this afternoon in Nara the temperature ... in Heian Kyo (today Kyoto), the capital from 794 to 1868, travel to the countryside — that is, the rest of Japan — was a soul-crushing ...