While Japan is famous for its cherry blossoms, plum blossoms — which bloom from mid-February 2025 — are rapidly gaining ...

Whether interested in history and culture ... largest bamboo forest in the world, Shunan Bamboo Sea National Park in China. (photo via hejuan / iStock / Getty Images Plus) (Photo Credit: (photo via ...

Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts will open its first hotel in Japan on April 3, 2025. Founded in New York in 1893, Waldorf Astoria is part of the Hilton family of brands, with 34 hotels across the ...

KYOTO--One stone statue of an enlightened Buddhist ... as Otagi Nenbutsuji was flooded with people from across Japan eager to devote their works. The lesser-known tourist spot used to attract ...

The most widely read and translated Japanese philosophers of the modern era, Nishida Kitarô and Nishitani Keiji flourished in the early through late twentieth century. Their distinctive school of ...

Spring season in Japan is characterized not just by the cherry blossoms, seasonal food and traditional and modern festivals and events, but also by the exceptional beauty that engulfs the land ...

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March 6, 2025 • What is it about a show that turns you into a bitter-ender, that keeps you dutifully watching every last episode, long after the train has jumped the tracks? Even when you know ...

Imperial Japanese Army Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi (1915-1997 ... Mihoko currently lives at a relative’s home in Kyoto, and she is now in a situation in which it is “difficult” to return to her ...