A martial arts hall was turned into a ... The war did not spare the heart of Kyoto’s traditional culture either. In March 1944, all geisha quarters throughout the country had been ordered ...

In a bid to attract visitors frustrated by Japan’s crowds, one coastal corner of Fukui prefecture offers genuine connection ...

KYOTO--A special exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of Gucci’s arrival in Japan is now under way at the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art here. “Gucci Cosmos,” which runs until ...

Yayoi Kusama is one of the world's most successful living artists, and we're taking a look back at her six-decade career.

In the popular imagination, geishas are often confused with courtesans, but in fact their work – as trained masters of refined old art forms ... specialised in geisha culture, says.

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

On this full-day Hiroshima excursion from Kyoto, we’re joined by a local historian who will help us grapple with the destruction this city faced, as well as how it was rebuilt to become the thriving ...