We booked our recent trip to Japan a year in advance to see the cherry blossoms, which only bloom briefly in the spring.

I am smitten with Tokyo's eclectic mix of modern cosmopolitanism and old world Japan,' confesses Dinesh Raheja.

For 16 generations, master gardeners in this one family have dedicated their lives to preserving one of the nation's most ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan ... year-old pond fringed with lily pads and tree-lined ...

From the busy streets of Tokyo to the stunning nature of the countryside, here’s where to go in Japan Credit: Peter Adams/Getty A day of exploring. Rise early (to avoid the crowds) if visiting popular ...

They peer between tree branches, cluster around altars, and dot winding pathways, flashes of bright red among the hillside forest. The iconic Japanese ... the 1,300-year-old temple, located ...

Many travellers venture to Shikoku for surfing, cycling and stand-up paddleboarding, but within Japan the island is renowned for the pilgrimage to 88 temples located around the island. Henro, or ...

Japan's Divorce Temple is ... Couples or individuals who visit the temple often participate in a ceremony that involves tying a red thread to a tree or an altar. After offering prayers for ...

Mount Yoshino offers a good (and beautiful) reason to get out of Tokyo and Kyoto and venture off the beaten path. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited ...

Each spring during sakura (cherry blossom) season, the Ninna-ji and Daikaku-ji temples in ... cherry blossom tree grove; it's also the domain of 97-year-old Tōemon Sano: Japan's most renowned ...

For more than a millennium, Japanese people have admired the delicate ... Shinichi said this 40-year-old tree was grown from the seeds of the most iconic sakura in Kyoto: the dramatic weeping ...