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Work to make pickled turnips, a winter delicacy, is getting into full swing in Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital.

The best times to visit Kyoto are from March to May and from September ... Crowds do wane a bit in the summer and winter, but June's sticky humidity and January's chilly temperatures are too ...

Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest ...

Temperatures are cooling in Japan, but interest in visiting shows no signs of abating, as autumn arrivals continue to outpace ...

Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto sits on a hill in the historic Higashiyama Ward of Kyoto. It's near many sites, such as the ...

Daniel Gorostieta/Travel + Leisure Temple in Kyoto, Japan. There's no doubt Japan is a tourism hotspot ... humidity in Japan ...

The best way to get around Kyoto is by bus and on foot. The abundance of English-language signs and announcements make Kyoto's bus systems easy for visitors to navigate. But all those bus fares ...

Kobe is among the biggest cities in Japan that will have a population of 1.5 million residents in 2020. The city is deemed ...

Many of them hope to catch a glimpse of the iconic entertainers in Japan's two most popular destinations, Tokyo and Kyoto, as well as Kanazawa and Hakone. A geisha poses with her shamisen ...

Racing settles in for the winter season this weekend with the Breeders' Cup in the rearview mirror and the Dubai World Cup ...

1.We'll Prescribe You A Cat by Syou Ishida The Kokoro Clinic for the Soul is a hidden spot in an old Kyoto building, ...