Asia Week New York, the highly anticipated annual celebration of Asian art and culture, will return for their 16th year from March 13-21. Heritage Auctions is honored to offer a rare, early impression ...

We have curated this comprehensive guide to help you plan your itinerary and make the most of your first trip to Mount Fuji from Tokyo. Plan your visit during spring or autumn for spectacular views of ...

Taking over the expansive outdoor lawn within the children’s play area at Meiji Shrine’s Outer Gardens ... one of the largest beer gardens in Tokyo with a capacity for around 1,000 people ...

Tokyo’s Kameido Tenjin Shrine is famous for its wisteria flowers, and with good reason – the shrine has over 50 wisteria trees, which usually reach their flowering peak between mid-April and ...

After observing the marker trees on the grounds of Yasukuni Jinja shrine in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, weather station staff confirmed that at least 80% of the blossoms were flowering, which is the ...

Official website From the early-blooming Sakigakezakura to rare varieties like Kochō, Ichiyō, Nezame, Gyoikō, and the shrine’s own Kinugasa, the wide range of blossoms ensures visitors can enjoy the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tokyo’s cherry blossom viewers saw the first ...

A priest at a central Tokyo shrine was puzzled at first when a worshipper thanked him for helping him score a concert ticket for a famous pop group. Hiroyuki Korehisa, 37, who serves as a ...

This guide will help you decide whether to visit Hakone as a day trip from Tokyo or if it’s best to extend your stay overnight ... s most famous long distance running races at the Ekiden Museum. The ...

This service will take you from your hotel in Tokyo to Nikko, allowing you to avoid the hassle of the train and local bus. However, please note that once you arrive in Nikko, cars are not allowed ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a ritual offering Oct. 17 to a Shinto shrine in Tokyo that Chinese and Koreans view as a symbol of Japanese wartime militarism, but did not go in person.

Wisteria is a popular ornamental flowering plant best known for its cascading clusters of tiny and fragrant pastel-coloured flowers. Much like the weeping willow tree, this variety of flowers is famed ...