Assassin’s Creed Shadows is no different, as the vast world the studio has created is ripe for adventure. Whether it’s the ...

Carlton, Nikko, is two hours from Tokyo in a scenic mountain town packed with historic sites. And the hotel has the planet's ...

A video using the chagyeong (borrowed scenery) technique, a concept in traditional Korean architecture of enjoying the outside view from a window like it was a painting in a frame, features ...

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As far back as the 14th century, the lush backyard of the contemporary Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo was called Tsubakiyama, or ...

The wildfires have carved a trail of devastation through an area equivalent to about half the area of Singapore, ravaging everything in their path including historic temples and homes in the ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

The 1,300-year-old Gounsa temple in Uiseong County, a major Buddhist landmark, was among the dozens of buildings that have burned to the ground with its ceremonial bell the only piece appearing ...

Japanese hot springs—better known as onsens—are prized for their zen experience, with travelers coming from around the world to lounge in natural pools and bliss out. The country is home to ...

One major fire tore through villages and burned a historical temple to the ground ... in January and a recent wildfire in northeast Japan. "We have to admit large-scale wildfires are going ...

(Mainichi/Natsuki Nishi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of infectious gastroenteritis cases caused by norovirus and other pathogens in Japan hit the highest level in 10 years in the week through ...