Kyoto, Nara and Kobe are our top three places to visit as a day trip from Osaka as you’ll be able to tick off many landmarks ...

E-mail star2travel@thestar.com.my with the subject “Readers Share”. The “Great East Japan Earthquake” happened on March 11, 2011. I was supposed to go on my maiden trip to Tokyo the ...

Japan Rail Pass – Save $$$ and book your 7, 14 or 21-day JR Pass before you go. The pass allows you to travel on all JR trains across Japan, including the Narita Express and Shinkansen bullet train.

Snowflakes swirling in silence, steaming mountain onsens under a canopy of icicles, and bowls of miso crab hotpot that chase away the winter chill — Northern Japan in winter is where magic slows down ...

The party vibes are strong this season at Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain and Universal Studios Hollywood.

Sixty of such offices existed in Japan by the end of the Edo period. Still, at present, Takaya Jinya is the only existing main building. As such, the structure is considered a national historic site.