The best places to stay, eat, shop and visit across the country, according to Japanese artists, designers and chefs.

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Last year the government issued its first 'megaquake' advisory. Ever since, those living in the areas it's expected to hit ...

From learning to carve woodblocks or make pottery, to observing artisans at work, tourists can help sustain and revive these ...

Just a short trip from Tokyo, Atami blends ocean views, hot springs, and rich culture into one stunning getaway. In this vlog ...

The Shibuya Ward Tourism Association and local businesses in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, are working together to turn paper bags, ...

(Photo courtesy of Ocean View Hiromi SPA Hotel) The hotel’s restaurant serves high-quality Japanese and Western-style course meals, using fresh local ingredients from Shizuoka and Izu, such as ...

Ahead of the full-scale start of the new tea season, the first tea picking was held at the Matsukawa Chaen tea field in the city of Shizuoka on ... 100 kilograms. Japanese original Easy Japanese ...

The device, which deploys Fujitsu’s AI technology, is being launched by Sonofai Inc., a Japanese startup dedicated to preserving ... and distributed nationwide at Shimizu Port in Shizuoka Prefecture.

(Kyodo) SHIZUOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Trespassing incidents at a central Japan train station depot depicted in the popular anime film "Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time" have become an ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Police said Tuesday they have arrested actor Ryoko Hirosue on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in central Japan. Hirosue, 44, allegedly kicked a nurse and ...

Shizuoka prefectural police Department announced that Ryoko Hirosue, 44-year-old actress, was arrested on suspicion of inflicting injury on a nurse at a hospital in Shimada in the prefecture.