Centrair to Kanzanji Direct Bus Peter Sidell Centrair to Kanzanji: a new direct bus service from Nagoya's airport to the popular hot-spring resort, near Hamamatsu in Japa...
Record Attendance at Tokyo Disney Tom Roseveare Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea attracted a combined 31.38 million visitors in fiscal 2014, a record high for the 3rd co...
Transportation Thai AirAsiaX Adds Sapporo Route Peter Sidell Budget airline Thai AirAsiaX is starting direct flights between Bangkok and Sapporo, and has added extra flights on its route...
1,200th Anniversary at Koyasan Tom Roseveare Mount Koyasan commemorates its 1,200-year anniversary since being founded as a Buddhist training monastery, with a special 50...
UN World Conference in Sendai Justin Velgus The 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will be hosted in Sendai March 14th-18th, 2015.
Godzilla-sized Buddhas take Top 10 Justin Velgus Of the Top 10 highest statues in the world, three of them can be found Japan. Perhaps more surprising is they are all images ...
Culture Fast Skytree Ticket for Tourists Tom Roseveare Tokyo Skytree has now begun selling a special 'Fast Skytree Ticket' for international visitors.
Universal Studios Japan Sets Record Geoff Day Universal Studios Japan sets record high in number of visitors. Magic was the theme of 2014, when the Wizarding World of Harr...
Robot Hotel to Open in Japan [Closed] Geoff Day Robot hotel to open in Japan this summer in Nagasaki. High-tech hotel will be staffed by 10 multilingual robots with human su...