While the traditional elements of Japanese gardens—stone, water, gravel, pruned pines, and asymmetry—are rooted in ...

Chef Makoto is the only Singapore-based chef and one of the very few from Asia to be recognised in this year’s La Liste ...

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 ...

Hike the sacred Yanbaru forest, a.k.a. The Galápagos of the East, with a female shaman (yuta) and learn about the spiritual ...

A tropical botanical garden, heated by a hot spring. Its polygonal greenhouse contains around 3000 tropical plants in 300 varieties. Outside, from December until mid May, you can see monkeys warm ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

Portland Japanese Garden is ranked #3 out of 23 things to do in Portland, OR. ... U.S. News Insider Tip: Make a reservation a few days in advance for the Zen-like Umami Café, ...

There’s no denying that social media has an outsize influence on the movements of the modern traveller, but on my most recent ...

But Kyoto is not Venice. Arrive at the futuristic and bustling Kyoto train station (as many do on the high-speed Shinkansen train from Tokyo) and you realize that the former capital of Japan is not a ...

Given below is the distance between Osaka, Japan and Kyoto, Japan.A map showing location of Osaka and Kyoto with air travel direction is also provided. Along with Kyoto - Osaka distance, you can also ...

KYOTO — A Chinese tourist was injured on Friday after being slashed by a passerby on a sidewalk in central Kyoto with what appeared to be a knife, according to police. The 37-year-old tourist was ...

The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to another record low last year, according to government data released Wednesday.