Awaji Island is an ideal cycling destination located in Japan's picturesque Inland Sea. It is the legendary birthplace of ...

不知不觉，日本已开始陆续进入梅雨季。2025年的梅雨可能“来势汹汹”，不仅雨多、温差大，还会出现不舒服的闷热天气和热带夜（夜间气温超过25℃）。近期想出行或旅行的朋友们要多加注意！ 来看看梅雨季相关的最新消息！

Tomoe Gozen (1157?-1247?) was an onna-bugeisha (女武芸者, female martial artist) who served Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War (1180-1185). Before the samurai became a formalized caste in the Edo ...

For residents and visitors to Tokyo, the closest isle worthy of the Cat Island designation lies in Kanagawa Prefecture, the capital’s neighbor to the south. Enoshima, which can be accessed from a ...

As I walked toward the center of the cascading waterfalls, severe coldness gripped my feet, and the rhythmic chants of a Shinto priest disappeared under the sounds of torrents pounding the rocky ...

If you're familiar with the way Japanese people abbreviate foreign words, you might be able to sound this one out. Puroresu is short for pro wrestling, and while there were a number of attempts to ...

Ikoma Chikamasa, the lord of the Sanuki area (present-day Kagawa Prefecture), originally ruled from Takamatsu Castle. While there, he built and moved to Marugame Castle, placing his son in charge of ...

The relationship was both physical and psychological, as mentioned in Cartographies of Desire by Gregory M. Pflugfelder: "(The shoku ideogram) literally meant 'color,' referring in Buddhist philosophy ...

In fact, Japan’s culture evolved alongside nature and the two share an intimate relationship. Why else do you imagine festivals celebrating cherry blossom blooms or reddening autumn “leaf-turns” and ...

While there are hundreds to choose from, we’ve selected 10 anime that use fascinating and unique real-life settings worthy of visiting! We’ve also ensured a balance of locations across Japan, so you ...

Having spent the better part of four hours walking through a mountain pass in torrential rain, I stood in the entrance of a small, dimly lit shop in the middle of a quiet village, completely drenched ...

For the next thousand years, Japanese paper folding was largely restricted to religious ceremonial use, as paper was expensive. However, paper-making was one of the many industries that flourished ...