The countdown is on! If you are looking forward to Washington, D.C.’s beloved National Cherry Blossom Festival, the official ...

At the new Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto, the team takes you to one of the city’s last remaining Noh Mask workshops, where you can learn about this ancient art ... see the cherry blossom for ...

From the Prado in Madrid and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam to the National Museum of Art in Beijing and the Getty Center in ...

Home to the ultra-efficient high-speed Shinkansen network, Japan is a country perfectly suited to exploration by train ...

Kyoto is a melting pot of ancient history and modern creative culture. Make the most of your visit with this insider-approved ...

The totems, featuring the town’s name in both Irish and English, has drawn fire for its appearance and location.

This event honors the Japanese Hanami tradition, where people gather to appreciate the beauty of blooming cherry blossom trees. Visitors can enjoy new attractions, such as a captivating wall of ...

In one image, the novelist has a hatchet in his skull; in others, he is drowning in mud, or has been run over by a cement truck, or—posed like St. Sebastian—has been tied to a tree and pierced ...

You're never fully dressed without a set of glow-in-the-dark "tree elves," a pickle wine stopper, and the best flavored ...

On the first day of my first trip to Japan, I hit my head on a doorway walking towards a talking toilet. This particular ...

One of the prettiest places to see cherry blossoms is Kyoto! Many of the famous Kyoto cherry blossom spots have weeping cherry trees and double-flowered cherry ... and the National Museum of Modern ...

The garden’s crown jewel is the Japanese Garden, a 7.5-acre slice of Zen that’s so authentic, you’ll be checking your ...