With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...

One of Japan’s most colourful festivals, the Sanja Matsuri is a rowdy mix of religious ritual and wild street party ...

Japanese director Soda Kazuhiro has made documentaries about fishing villages and the impact of modernisation. This time he's focusing on a pack of entitled cats, and what they can tell us about the ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

The Osaka High Court has become the fifth high court in Japan to rule that current laws prohibiting same-sex marriage are ...

Shiroikaze circle club was an important role for me during my stay in Japan. Thank to this circle I met a lot of great people ...

ON March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Tepco's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS), releasing ...

said his dream came true when he arrived in Tokyo. He noted the diversity of things to do in the city, from taking advantage of entertainment opportunities to visiting Shinto shrines, Buddhist ...