Japan's Izu Peninsula is home to delicious seafood, beautiful coastal scenery, and relaxing onsens. Here's how to plan a ...

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

Most of the route is now on modern roads, but the section that runs through the Gifu prefecture is an ideal two-to-three-day walk, plunging you back into rural Japan of the feudal era. I begin my ...

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

Honoring Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitaro, who used to stroll here on his commute to Kyoto University in the early 20th century, the Philosopher's Walk is a roughly mile-long pathway along the ...

For our walk to magome, Bill tied a small bell to his ... I was emerging from 11 days in a Japan that previously I had only read about. There were no witnesses to our arrival, but in my mind ...

Under an ordinance that goes into force on Oct. 1, users are required to stand still and not walk up or down ... according to data by the Japan Elevator Association, an industry group.

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will begin a test run this autumn of facial recognition ticket gates to allow passengers to ...

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I was on a weeklong hiking trip with Walk Japan to explore the Izu Peninsula, which is known not just for its wasabi and other delicious local cuisine, but also for its waterfalls, hiking ...