When Koshoin Temple officials sought to build a wooden pagoda here, they were told it would be impossible to erect one in ...

At the end of every year in Japan, various traditions are dusted off and trotted out, traditions calculated to ensure that the coming year is a good one. One of those traditions is to complete a ...

A masterclass in boutique luxury, the Shinmonzen checks off all the right boxes. Set on one of Gion’s most underrated streets lined with unsuspecting galleries, you’re just mere minutes away from all ...

With a goshuincho in hand, I traced a quiet path from Tokyo and Kamakura to Kyoto, Nara, and Koyasan, collecting stamps and ...

A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday local time, triggering a tsunami of up to 28 inches in Pacific coast communities, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency ...

Japan is not only a land of temples and shrines ... but also mosques. The latter is due to a sharp rise in marriages between Muslims and Japanese citizens and Japanese converts over two decades that ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published a comprehensive disaster guide. It’s recommended that you download it and read it right now (or even better, after you read it, print it out and stick ...

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Based on original coverage by the Mainichi Shimbun and press releases by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Japanese version The data on this "Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in Japan" page ...