Yumika Parsley—yes that is also her ’80s Japanese band name—opened Chopped Parsley in 2015, after a couple of decades in New ...

This Japanese city may often be overlooked, but it's packed with delicious street food and friendly locals waiting to chat ...

A priest at a central Tokyo shrine was puzzled at first when a worshipper thanked him for helping him score a concert ticket for a famous pop group. Hiroyuki Korehisa, 37, who serves as a ...

In addition, red, white and pink plum blossoms are also blooming at Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, Koshoji Temple and Kandaijin Shrine. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the ...

The Tokyo Station area is known for its fascinating coexistence between magnificent historic buildings and towering, modern skyscrapers. We will show you the area's most famous sightseeing spots, as ...

(From central Tokyo, it’s a two-hour trip ... WE PAUSED FOR A LUNCH OF onigiri from the harbor shop, then passed through the torii gates to visit Mihara Shrine, which miraculously survived the 1986 ...

Whereas the Tokyo Midtown complex in Roppongi was poised as a high-end competitor to Roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown Hibiya offers a slightly more accessible space plus a terrace with a great view of ...

Onigiri rice balls are a staple of Japanese cuisine, and many Tokyo restaurants are now taking them to the next level with creative and unique fillings. One of the city’s most popular rice ball ...

The plum blossom festival at Tokyo’s Yushima Shrine, known for its academic deity, has peaked as entrance exam students and tourists make their visit. Yushima Shrine is located near the University of ...

From being introduced to the works of Rumiko Takahashi as a teenager in the UK, Elliot found himself falling ever deeper into the clutches of Japanese popular culture. It was not until he first ...

Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalised again overnight Monday. It is deplorable that an act seeking to denigrate the ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a ritual offering Oct. 17 to a Shinto shrine in Tokyo that Chinese and Koreans view as a symbol of Japanese wartime militarism, but did not go in person.