GREATER TOKYO

Smoke-free sipping may not be Japan-standard just yet, but now you can at least enjoy your coffee in clean air at a few more non-Starbucks chains almost anywhere in the country!

One of Japan's former capital cities has a great café scene.

Move over Starbucks and Tully’s, a new wave of coffee is beginning to surge in Japan.

Buildings transform into giant robots in Mitsui Real Estate Residential’s stunning anime commercial.

I get that “onsen dates” are kind of weird, but my husband and I love them.

The urban jungles of Tokyo and historic temples of Kyoto all look gorgeous in January.

Located 90 minutes from Tokyo by car, Hiratsuka Tanada grows rice with only rain water, without any other means of irrigation.

While these Kanagawa onsen and their surrounds are certainly worth an overnight stay, each can work equally as well as a day trip.