The best places to stay, eat, shop and visit across the country, according to Japanese artists, designers and chefs.

At Katsuo-ji Temple, Daruma dolls watch from every corner. They peer between tree branches, cluster around altars, and dot winding pathways, flashes of bright red among the hillside forest. The iconic ...

“According to Zen Buddhism, the answers are already inside you ... with good luck and longevity in Japan. Katsuo-ji isn’t the only “Daruma temple” in Japan. In nearby Kyoto, Hōrin ...

Maria Grazia Chiuri paid homage to the house’s long love affair with Japan.

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

The temperature outside was below freezing in this city northwest of Tokyo as local residents stirred early on a February m ...

An exploration of some of the oldest temples in the world, shedding light on the lives of ancient civilizations and their ...

Yesterday evening, among cherry blossom trees, Dior’s Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri showed her Pre-Fall 2025 collection inside the garden of the To-Ji Temple. Situated in Kyoto ...

But the atmosphere was tense inside the heated parked vehicle where Japanese police officers awaited a report ... A ...

Japanese garden seen from inside a traditional tatami room ... s Japanese gardens lie in the Zen gardens of Japanese Buddhist temples from the 13th century onwards. These weren’t pleasure ...