Good to know: In winter, dress warmly. All visitors are required to sit on the temple’s chilly floor and use a calligraphy pen to copy a Buddhist scripture onto a piece of paper before being allowed ...

Heavy snowstorms continue in areas along the Sea of Japan. Although their intensity is somewhat decreasing, meteorologists ...

Japan's Coming of Age Day is a sure sign of winter, arriving after New Year celebrations and before the cherry blossom ...

Unless you live in one of these warmer winter destinations in Japan, it’s going to get quite a bit colder as we move into the winter months. While there are plenty of ways to stay warm outside, ...

Now is the time to visit Tokyo, Japan. Except for New Year’s, flights and accommodations are the cheapest at the beginning of ...

Winter Sessions are fast-paced and pack a lot of academic content and cultural excursions into a few short weeks, said Matt ...

Japan's weather authorities are calling on people returning from their new year holidays to brace for traffic disruptions.

Japan's Coming of Age Day is a sure sign of winter, arriving after New Year celebrations and before the cherry blossom parties of early spring.

Ginzan Onsen, a remote town in the mountains of the northern Yamagata region, is known for its hot springs and fairytale ...