Japan saw 36.9 million international visitors in 2024, up 47.1% on the previous year, surpassing the 2019 record of 31.9 million, immediately before the pandemic put the brakes on leisure travel.

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“This is Hosshinmon-Oji,” says Tadaharu Mukai, my guide, “It means ‘gate ... into white clothes as part of a purification ritual. We enter the grounds. Behind a wooden torii stand three ...

These are baked Japanese sweets made with either chestnut, peach, or Japanese apricot-flavored white bean paste surrounded by a layer of egg yolk bean paste. With their fruit flavor accents and moist ...

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On the 2nd-floor deck, a 120-meter-long ceiling display recreates the winter night sky with golden lights, pearl white and silver ornaments ... to experience both the elegance of wabi-sabi and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm ...