Awaji Island is an ideal cycling destination located in Japan's picturesque Inland Sea. It is the legendary birthplace of ...

Not every Nekojima is on the ocean, though, as Okishima is actually a floating island in the middle of Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater depository in Japan. With just 350 residents, the fishing ...

Takigyo, or waterfall meditation, is a rare practice that samurai and ascetic Japanese Buddhists and Shintoists engaged in for centuries. There are several places around Japan where visitors can join ...

A must stop for anyone interested in the battle is the Gifu Sekigahara Battlefield Memorial Museum, a 10-minute walk from Sekigahara Station. Opened in 2020, this state-of-the-art museum includes ...

與華人社會一個很大的不同點是，日本雖然也有所謂的「學區」，家長卻普遍較不瘋所謂的「學區房」。在台灣時不時可以見到建商打出鄰近知名學府，優質學區等等的建案，在日本幾乎很少見到此類廣告詞。

For the next thousand years, Japanese paper folding was largely restricted to religious ceremonial use, as paper was expensive. However, paper-making was one of the many industries that flourished ...

图：装载着五颜六色的口香糖球的机器 扭蛋机最初导入日本时，主流机型玩一次的价格是10日元，到了1973年因为石油危机涨价到20日元以上，再之后为了保障商品的质量，100日元的机型变成了常见款，现如今常见的机型有200、300日元款式的，偶尔还能找到一些豪华款的500日元机型，而100日元的扭蛋机 ...

秋天每次出行只知道去岚山、高尾山这种人人皆知的景点？在秋天出行高峰去的话，常常只能体验到什么叫人山人海，感受到的也就是换个背景的涩谷十字路口——放眼望去漫山遍野都是人。其实还有很多自然风光绝佳的地方。这就让我们一起来走进日本最大的高原湿地吧！

Architect and long-time Japan resident Azby Brown is the author of Small Spaces: Stylish Ideas for Making More of Less in the Home.In these excerpts from that seminal book, he offers some timeless ...

The city of Kobe's Ijinkan-gai (foreigners' house district) is a hillside neighborhood featuring European-style houses built for foreign residents more than a century ago. They are now a prime tourist ...

看酒精度數 首先這種氣泡酒可以按酒精分類，分成三大類： ①酒精含量7%以上：適合酒量好，並且比較能夠接受酒精味道的人 ②酒精含量在5~6%左右：一般偶爾會喝點酒的人都能夠接受，酒味比起高度數的來說也要淡很多 ③酒精含量在4%及以下：很像甜甜的氣泡飲，不過不常喝酒的人喝了以後還是會 ...

Yes, that’s right. Bear attacks and encounters were such a popular news item in the Land of the Rising Sun last year, it was almost comparable to COVID-19 and Trump updates. Bear encounters have been ...