Häagen-Dazs’s Japan hardly ever disappoints, but hardly any ice cream has ever made our taste-tester this happy.

Each year, monks from Shinguji, a temple in the town of Yao, Osaka Prefecture that was founded in the late 17th century, hold a massive funeral service. Last year’s ceremony was to celebrate and put ...

On September 22, a 69-year-old man stopped by a house he owns in the Kagawa city of Mitoyo. When he opened up the refrigerator, he saw a pack of udon noodles inside, but he didn’t buy or put them ...

A rare case of udon being unexpected in Udon Prefecture, but where they came from is still a mystery.