The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...

In the 1830s, at the tail end of Japan’s flourishing Edo Period, two artists set out to document one of the country’s great ...

Ornamental trees and shrubs adorn the grounds of the Ekō House of Japanese Culture in Düsseldorf's Niederkassel district.

Impact Link This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Erik Buhrow, who bought a house ... culture of Japan. I grew up on a military base, so I know what it's like to be around ...

The London-based artisan has imprinted her 1980s architect-designed home with humour, exuberance and wonkiness in ...

Published by Taschen, the book focuses on innovative houses from around the world ... "Mariko Mori is a multidisciplinary Japanese artist born in Tokyo in 1967. "She states, 'inspired by the ...

Approximately 3 hours from Tokyo via Nagoya, Gifu is accessible by bullet train and local train. Gifu Prefecture is in the ...

A man in Japan who earned 140 million yen (US$900,000) by renting out 200 run-down houses has attracted widespread online attention for his investment strategy. Hayato Kawamura, 38, from Osaka on ...

Just after 10:15 p.m. in late November, three young women were wandering around a cul-de-sac in a sleepy residential area filled with apartments and detached houses. Just a five-minute walk took ...

A midcentury home in Los Angeles, a house with ocean views in Bodega Bay and a contemporary home in Palm Desert.

Another Jewish community was established in the port of Nagasaki. In fairly short order, the Russo-Japanese War and the Great ...

Yet the seven biggest Japanese trading houses -- also known as sogo shosha --including Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co. and Sumitomo Corp., along with JERA, the country's largest power company ...