KONAN, Aichi -- A gentle-faced giant Buddha statue with "sunglasses" in this central Japan city, north of Nagoya, has become ...

Japanese spas are in a league of their own. In the Kansai Trio (Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka), there are plenty, but these are the ...

Temples and shrines Around one of several shrines visited, the Fushimi Inari, we were fascinated to see many fox statues.

THE mystery of a 1,000-year-old mummified “dragon” stashed among the treasures of the Japanese royal family has finally been ...

Nara highlights include a stroll through the ethereal Kasugayama Primeval Forest and a short trek up to the Shinto shrine ...