Whether you’re heading to the mountains of Hokkaido or the alleys of Kyoto’s Gion district, ... Here’s the Wallpaper* edit of the best design-led onsen hotels in Japan to check into, ... Takayama, ...

Treading lightly on the earth with his architecture, architect Hiroshi Sambuichi takes pride in designing with natural and re-used materials. In 2006, Wallpaper* visited his Stone House, a minimal ...

Japan is a country governed by very specific traditions and mores, and this is also true at onsen, where visitors are expected to adhere to basic etiquette — such as this strict rule about tying ...

How Japan’s newest yen note came from the Nepali mountains By Jessie Yeung , Hanako Montgomery and Junko Ogura , CNN 5 minute read ...

#Ad Paid and presented by Japan National Tourism Organisation. Walk through the mountains of Dewa Sanzan and Koyasan for lessons on the Japanese approach to peace and mindfulness.

Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blaze ...

On an early spring ride around the base of this extensive mountain range, we meet an artisan making traditional snowshoes, a family making salmon trout sushi, and villagers picking medicinal herbs.

The number of people who required assistance on Japanese mountains hit a record high of 3,568 in 2023, police data showed Thursday, breaking the previous record set a year earlier as climbers returned ...

Though Japan has pushed for more digital payments in recent years, cash still reigns king, and it trails behind other Asian countries like China that have gone almost completely cashless.

Once the raw paper is ready in the winter, it’s sent to the Nepali capital Kathmandu and driven to the western Indian city Kolkata, where it’s brought by ship to Yokohama, Japan.