In western Tokyo, Lake Okutama is a natural escape that offers scenic beauty, outdoor activities, and relaxing hot springs. Photograph courtesy of Okutama Tourism Association Taking the train through ...

No city in the world stresses you out quite like Tokyo. With its narrow streets, densely packed subways and frenetic pace, it ...

I was living in Tokyo in the 1980s when the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery came up with a new concept: shinrin-yoku, translated as “forest bathing.” The idea was to get people ...

Tokyo doesn’t just march to the beat of its own drum—it’s conducting an entire orchestra that nobody else can hear. This ...

All good things come to an end, but an ending can also be the start of something new. Such appears to be the case with Tokyo’s Onsen Confidential, the hybrid gallery share and hot spring retreat, ...

I like to bathe in public. this inclination has so far failed to attract much attention because I live in Japan, where hot-spring hopping is a national obsession and the remarkable benefits of bathing ...

A completely private luxury resort nestled on over 16,000 square meters of secluded mountain forest in Tokyo. HINOHARA VILLAGE, TOKYO, JAPAN, May 23, 2025 ...

TOKYO SKYTREE is preparing a unique welcome for its guests, blending the tower's modern architecture with the deep, warm colours of the season. Visitors are invited to experience a new kind of ...