A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.

Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town Hokusai painted in The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

The city of Kyoto is known as Japan's cultural and spiritual capital. It's for good reason: Kyoto has hundreds of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, some of which are associated with the country's ...

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the most prolific and popular Ukiyo-e artists in Japan. The word Ukiyo-e means ...

Kyoto, Japan, is the ideal location for a romantic getaway. The city has a different vibe than its urban counterparts, Tokyo ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

At the entrance to this stone pathway is a beautifully sculptured Sadakadapahana (Moonstone), usually placed at the entrances of Buddhist shrines. Bordered by ponds and sheltered by trees, the path is ...

India, Switzerland hold 13th round of Foreign Office Consultations in Delhi ...