Hayama offers cleaner beaches, better vibes, chill events and views of Mt. Fuji, all just a short ride from Tokyo.

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Coffee drinks receive the Hello Kitty treatment with foam art depicting the character’s simple yet instantly recognizable ...

There’s something magnetic about the presence of cats on the street—those curious eyes peeking from under café tables, curled ...

Build my Bappa Leading up to Ganeshotsav in the city, young participants shape eco-friendly Ganesh idols using shadu maati ...

You could hop from city to city, kids in tow, frantically ticking off Japan’s main sights. But here’s why three weeks of staying put in one city is perfect.

I am smitten with Tokyo's eclectic mix of modern cosmopolitanism and old world Japan,' confesses Dinesh Raheja.

Then came cat cafés, where lattes took second place to feline interaction. The latest craze in Japan: The pig café. Customers play with micro pigs at a Mipig Cafe on Jan. 24 in Tokyo.

The process of putting drops into our eyes can be stressful, which led a Japanese company, Topcon, to invent these eye-drop glasses in 1991. These glasses, still widely used in Japan today, are ...

Elsewhere, there's the Cat Cafe Temari no Ouchi in Tokyo Japan, which has been designed to give a forest feel. There are "tree-shaped beds", one commentator said on Tripadvisor, and "the music is ...

Reservations: By phone, but not essential Website; Directions Located under the train tracks of the bustling Akihabara station, Komaki Shokudo brings a taste of the Japanese countryside to Tokyo.