Japanese eki stamps (station stamps) are a charming feature of Japanese railway culture. Beloved by visitors and oshi-tetsu ...

A roughly six-meter-tall Evangelion Unit 01 statue made its appearance in Hamamatsu, central Japan, on Sunday as part of a ...

collecting newly installed ‘Discover Japan’ eki stamps in major stations as they passed through the Japan National Railways (JNR) network (now known as JR, or Japan Railways). By the 1980s ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

On his first and only visit to Japan, in the late fall of 1922, Albert Einstein, like almost every Westerner who ever set foot there, was wowed by the beauty of the country and the refinement of ...

TOKYO - In the foothills of Mount Asama, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, jagged lava formations dot the landscape – remnants of a 1783 eruption that swallowed villages and permanently ...