Japan In Focus

KANAZAWA — The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, which had been partially closed...

The area around JR Koenji Station is one of Tokyo’s largest clusters of shops selling used clothi...

TAKAMATSU — Keychains that recreate well-known udon dishes are attracting attention in Kagawa Pre...

IZUMI-SANO, Osaka — Emirates Airline has reintroduced the luxurious double-decker A380, known as ...

UJI, Kyoto — Orin metallic bowls, which are used in Buddhist rituals and ceremonies, produce a cl...

NEMURO, Hokkaido — More than 190 fishing vessels gathered at Cape Nosappu in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on...

Mukojima Meugaya is about a 10-minute walk northwest from Oshiage Station at the foot of Tokyo Sk...

FUKUOKA — Jet Wei, a 27-year-old Taiwanese professional wrestler, recently paid a courtesy call t...

KOBE — Motomachi-dori, a street which is a hub of the port city Kobe and has long supported its d...

CHIKUSEI, Ibaraki — How about staying with a group in the Hokutosei express sleeper train that on...

TOYAMA — It’s not every day you see multiple extinct apex predators racing against each other tow...

KOSHIGAYA, Saitama — In Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, not far from Koshigaya Station on the Tobu...

FUKUI — Asakura shogi, a vergion of the board game which is believed to date back to the latter h...

OSAKA — Police officer Wataru Yokota trains a police dog in a manner similar to a dolphin show, s...

KYOTO — In the world of traditional confectionary known as “wagashi,” Chie Nanushigawa is disting...