Japan

An option for the discerning Japan traveler, the ryokan experience is a cultural adventure best enjoyed with a little inside knowledge.

Swordsmithing and kaiseki cooking – Tokyo doesn’t have to be rushing about to see the sights; take it down a gear to experience the finer things.

If you long for the kawaii and the decora, you’ll want to eat, shop, and dress your way through Tokyo’s curious Harajuku oddities.

Schooling hammerheads, complex underwater caves, and the clearest water in Asia – Okinawa is fast becoming a diver favorite.

Photographer and Instagrammer Jordan Hammond takes his camera to Japan’s dynamic city of Kyoto for a look at geisha, bamboo, and a city coated in color and history.

Are you ready for the Year of the Dog? Well, the great Chinese diaspora in Chinatowns around Asia are setting up for their Spring Festival extravaganzas.

The Japan Meteorological Corporation released the 2018 cherry blossom forecast recently, and there’s not much time left to book your flower-laden trip to the Land of the Rising Sun.

Niseko has the perfect powder, so there are a great many ski chalets to choose from. Those wanting a big birthday bash should look in this direction.

For the whisky lover in the Land of the Rising Sun – be they fans of golf or hiking – Japan has a dram for every palate.

They may sound unpleasant – Bloody Pond Hell, Cooking Pot Hell, Monster Mountain Hell – but Beppu’s pools of hell are worth a look.

When the seasons change in Japan, Tohoku – an oft-overlooked region of the Land of the Rising Sun, turns every autumnal hue imaginable

With Tokyo’s most popular fish market facing an uncertain future, there are plenty of fish markets around the country catering to different tastes.