You’ll be shocked to learn that the United States is home to some of the most acclaimed Japanese gardens in the world outside ...

What is Harumaki (Japanese Spring Rolls)? Harumaki (春巻き) is the direct translation of “spring roll” in Japanese, with “haru” denoting spring and “maki” meaning roll. The term “maki” might sound ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Onsen are baths filled with geothermally heated, mineral-rich water. They’ve long been part of Japanese culture, but foreign ...

There's nothing quite like coastal Japan—I love waking up to island-dotted bays and gentle sea breezes. In this particular town, though, the landscape is peppered with tendrils of steam and mist that ...

In 1860, a delegation of 77 Japanese envoys – including three samurai – traveled to the United States. The rest is history ...

They built it, and people came. So many people came to last year’s Kizuna Japanese Spring Festival that it has moved to the larger Sammy Davis Festival Plaza in Lorenzi Park. “We were expecting maybe ...

Naked, tattooed foreigners may soon become a less unusual sight in Japan’s public baths. Tourism officials in Japan are urging onsens (hot springs) to relax rules restricting body art wearers from ...

With Tokyo Fashion Week coming to a close, there is much to see and do outside of the collections—from the gardens to the shrines and the obligatory (and adorable) stationery store romps. However, few ...

Don't miss this Japan packing list for spring to make sure you bring everything you need without overloading yourself!

It is currently the top travel destination for American tourists, with US-Japan flight bookings for spring 2026 skyrocketing.