Culture 5 of Japan's Best Beverage Museums Kim Bergström Alongside many of Japan's food-based museums, there are a host of them dedicated to beverages, too. From Shizuoka's tea museu...
Culture My Favorite Places in Japan: Shinto Shrines Elena Lisina Shinto is the national, ancient religion of Japan and its deities could be said to be the power of nature. Old trees and ston...
Activities Japan's Best Winter Adventures for 2026 Kim Bergström While Italy's Alpine resorts will host the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games, Japan remains one of the most exciting playgr...
Food Starbucks Dazaifu by Kengo Kuma Lester Goh Making use of 2,000 pieces of wood batons, the interior of Starbucks Dazaifu is literally cocooned by a weave of cedar wood. ...
Culture One Full Day in Kamogawa From Kamenoi Hotel Kamogawa Joanna Ligon Kamogawa might be exactly where you need to be. Nestled along the sunlit coast of Chiba Prefecture, this seaside town is effo...
Food Yuba: Nikko's Local Delicacy Todd Wojnowski Yuba is a delicious food famously coming from Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture. Yuba is tasty, healthy, and can be cooked in a see...
Planning Kurabito Stay Wins Grand Prize at the Japan Travel Awards 2025 Kim Bergström The Japan Travel Awards were launched in 2021, and they celebrate innovative tourism initiatives that go beyond being mere to...
Japan Makes Global Hotel Alliance's 2024 Destinations List Kim Bergström The Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) recently surveyed their Discovery loyalty program members on where they're dreaming of visiti...
Activities Tsukiji Fish Market Relocation Delay Natasha Dea Tokyo's new governor, Yuriko Koike, has decided to postpone the relocation of Tsukiji Fish Market to Toyosu to allow time for...
