Chasing adventure and romance? Soothe your mood when you dip your toes into the hot springs in Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland, ...

In hotspots like Kyoto you sometimes have to queue for the queues, but escaping the country’s overtourism problem couldn’t be simpler ...

Every winter Mount Rokko adds a snow park to its many leisure facilities. A short train ride and cable car from downtown Kobe ...

Like our own Fremont Street or “Glitter Gulch,” Tokyo has a little pocket once known as a red light district. Though ...

In India and Japan, it transcended utility and became an art form, with complex designs serving both practical and aesthetic purposes. This article unlocks the secrets of ancient locks from these ...

The Japanese government decided on January 28 to recommend archaeological sites in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, to be considered for registration as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The sites include ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

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Its chef-owner, Koji Suganuma, melds Italian and Japanese cuisines into a bombshell hybrid. The menu at Bekk rolls with the ...

Japan’s indigenous religion, worship Kami – gods believed to inhabit the natural world – and the Kumano region is considered to be home to a particularly large number. Walking the ancient ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

In the UK, May has hitherto been a month of innocent delight and sacred observance, with no less than two bank holidays. On May Day - a festival of ancient origins that shares a date with ...