Head to Asakusa for the biggest melon pan you’ve ever seen! Fluffy on the inside and crunchy on the outside, the best way to eat Kagetsudo’s famous jumbo melon pan is stuffed with ice cream or cream!

People clad in hanten coats cry out “Oisa” and “Soiya” as they carry a mikoshi portable shrine in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on ...

TOKYO – A government survey of internet use has found that among those who had encountered misinformation or disinformation ...

Walking the streets of Tokyo, Japan in February 2020. I show the areas of Akihabara, Asakusa, and Shibuya. Akihabara is known ...

A Korean Buddhist statue from the 14th century that was stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago has been returned ...

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TOKYO, Japan — Japan’s annual “Golden Week” holiday period gets into full swing Saturday, but inflation and hotel prices sent soaring by record inbound tourism have left domestic travelers ...

A view of the Senso-ji Temple, the oldest Buddhist temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan on March 11, 2025. Photo by AFP It said over half of users -- 69% of women and 54% of men -- had ...

Martial arts equipment manufacturer Mitsuboshi Co, Ltd (est 1953) has recently opened its flagship store Mitsuboshi Global, a ...

But it is, hopefully, full of surprises for even regular visitors to Japan, ones who might not yet have climbed the steep wooden stairs of the Kasamori-Kannon Temple in Chonan, eaten Italian food ...