The Kobe Luminarie is held every year to commemorate the victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.

Yearning to try the Shinkansen, but don't know where to go? One of the cheapest Shinkansen routes takes you to Mikawa-Anjo—but what can you do once you arrive? We've got four great itinerary ideas!

Check out Tohoku's most picturesque countryside towns.

2016 marks the 10th year of the Starlight Garden illumination event at Tokyo Midtown, where you can catch a visualization of the Big Bang created by 180,000 LED lights!

An unexpected layer of white was added to the yellow, red, and orange autumn foliage colors in Sapporo, Japan.

Check out our definitive list of awesome festivals around Japan throughout the year!

Walk around Tokyo’s Shibuya on Halloween and you're sure to grab some incredible photos of cosplaying revelers.

Cherry blossom vewing, or 'hanami,' has a long tradition in Japan. Today people head out in droves to picnic beneath the blooming cherry trees, while more than a millennium ago, members of the royal court composed poetry just for cherry blossom viewing!