Coffee tasting menus full of elaborate preparations and black-tie baristas are all the rage in Tokyo and Kyoto.

KYOTO--A European-style cake that was likely a favorite of warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) has been revived despite a dearth ...

Yamazaki Distillery near Kyoto is the oldest malt whisky distillery in Japan, and you can take tours and taste some of the rarest whiskies in the country.

Let's be real here. Kyoto is dreamy, ancient, and full of narrow lanes lined with wooden teahouses where geiko and maiko ...

A professional football team in Japan has revealed a Nintendo-themed shirt, with Pikmin characters featured as part of the ...

KYOTO—For the first time in about seven years, major hotels here reported an occupancy rate of 90 percent in October, showing ...

Kyoto is one of those rare cities that stays with you. It slows you down, reconnects you with yourself and reminds you of the ...

This video explores a massive Japanese curry meal in Kyoto followed by a luxurious gold matcha ice cream dessert. Viewers ...

With the cost of hotel rooms rapidly rising in central Osaka and Kyoto prefectures amid overtourism, Nara prefecture is drawing attention as an attractive alternative.

The city of Kyoto plans to raise the accommodation tax to a maximum ¥10,000 per night — the highest in Japan — to improve city infrastructure and mitigate crowds amid problems regarding overtourism.

On February 2, Kyoto residents will vote to elect their mayor. Leading up to the election, one relatively new issue has become salient: how to deal with the challenges of overtourism. The ancient ...