Last spring, the Japan National Tourism Organization reported back-to-back months with more than 3 million inbound visitors, ...

Caroline McGuire Tokyo to Kyoto by Shinkansen "Nothing quite beats the Shinkansen bullet train, one of the fastest in the world. It hardly feels like you're whizzing along at speed until you look ...

With their growing financial resources, 82% of women control travel decisions, and from solo adventure holidays to ...

The bar was mostly empty, but Aaliyah was playing, so I passed the bartender some yen, and after he mixed my drink he ...

Deep red strawberries from Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, left on a trip to Tokyo Station carried by JR East. Shinkansen tracks and trains expose freight to fewer knocks and vibrations than other ...

Tasty "ekiben" offerings from a longtime Shiga Prefecture company that were once popular at train stations around ... its lunches were formerly sold at Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Shin-Osaka stations ...

Most of these routes run daily, come at no extravagant cost and have special details that will make your journey comfortable, ...

The fastest and most direct way to get from Kansai International Airport to Kyoto is to take the JR West Airport Express HARUKA train. The trip takes about 75 minutes and costs 3,600 yen (about $32).

As most travelers know, Tokyo is huge. The city is urban sprawl at its most overwhelming, making finding the best places to eat, shop, see, let alone sleep, a downright chore. The city is broken ...