Visitors to Kyoto can experience traditional Japanese culture with a stay at a modern hotel designed in the style of a ryokan — a traditional Japanese inn — in the former imperial capital. Onyado Nono ...

Matsue, the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, has much to recommend it to those wanting to explore “the real Japan” while avoiding the crowds that now throng more well-known destinations like Tokyo ...

TOKYO - A traditional Japanese festival known for thousands of nearly naked men competing to claim sacred talismans left three men unconscious in the western city of Okayama, local police said. The ...

Bollywood icon Madhuri Dixit and her husband Shriram Nene are enjoying a serene Japanese vacation, sharing glimpses of their picturesque trip. The couple, married since 1999, posed against the ...

The kimono, that elaborate, delicate wrap-around garment worn by geisha and samurai from centuries back, is getting a vibrant remake, appreciated these days for a virtue that’s more relevant than ever ...

OKAYAMA (Kyodo) -- A traditional Japanese festival known for thousands of nearly naked men competing to claim sacred talismans left three men unconscious in the western city of Okayama, local police ...

Nao Shimizu, Representative Director of Kimono Sunao Co., Ltd., left, demonstrates various ways of tying an obi during a kimono presentation in Tokyo (Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) The kimono, a traditional ...

Japanese trade officials are pressing for South Africa to allow sake to be sold in bottle sizes that have long been standard for the drink back home. The Japan External Trade Organization held a sake ...

Emojis explode all over the screen in this hyperactive adaptation of a Japanese folk tale about a princess who has run away from the moon Never has a film been more deserving of an exclamation mark at ...