Discover what it’s like for foreigners to live in Kofu, a small Japanese town. From community dynamics to cultural adaptation, this deep dive reveals whether outsiders are truly welcomed in this ...

Beginning in the 17th century, the Nakasendo trail connected Kyoto and Edo, now modern-day Tokyo. Along this path, 69 designated post towns operated as resting stations where weary travelers could ...

The “patchwork landscape” of farmland and trees that enchanted so many throughout Japan and abroad has brought ... giant sightseeing buses in the small town also meant traffic jams.

Kanda, on Japan’s southern coast, grew in tandem with an auto plant that sends half of the cars it makes to the United States ...

a town on the smallest of Japan’s four main islands known for its paper industry. “If we don’t have the people we can’t make products and we can’t turn a profit. We’ll go under.