However, there’s one internationally famous part of Tokyo that’s no longer anywhere to be found in the top 10: Shibuya.

» Cherry blossoms appearing early in Nagano… about half a year early Better early than never.

Yakiuo Ishikawa Ginza Rinkaro serves up a very unique crossover of meat and seafood traditions.

One thing that makes Kunchi a unique festival is the Odoricho or “Dance Towns.” In Japanese, the suffix “-cho” is often translated to “town,” but in big cities, it usually just refers to a ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The first event of its kind in Japan converts traditional culture into a thrilling new sport of strength and technique.

Number of international visitors to Japan continues to rise, but spending patterns are shifting as bargains start to dry up.

Ryu takes on Gouki Nalds and Chun-Li battles Smile Guile.

Nintendo took a break from expanding last year, but now it’s getting ready to open its first new location since 2023. As revealed back in May, Fukuoka is the next city to be getting a Nintendo shop, ...

As the cultural anthropologists who make up SoraNews24’s readership are well aware, autumn is tsukimi/moon-viewing burger season in Japan, when the nation’s hamburger providers serve up sandwiches ...