On a trip to Japan, I hustled through Tokyo for a few days, seeing all sorts of sights but feeling as if I was barely scratching the surface of the vast city. So it was a relief to move on to the ...

According to Cox & Kings Japan has now become a top winter bucket-list destination with demand rising 15% for ...

TAKAYAMA, Japan — Two Littleton residents were among the thousands of tourists who went to Takayama — Denver’s sister city in Japan since 1960 — for its famous fall festival Oct. 9 and 10, but they ...

2005-10-02 04:00:00 PDT Takayama, Japan-- We catch the soft scuffle of cloth slippers in the morning stillness as we walk the narrow pedestrian lane, its sides etched by rainwater gutters and fronted ...

The village of Takayama sits in the heart of the Japanese Alps, a six-hour train journey from Tokyo. It was settled centuries before Christ, and it has long been known for its carpentry; many of Japan ...

As one of the world's most iconic travel destinations, Japan boasts numerous culturally rich cities beyond Tokyo. Head west to the Japanese Alps to reach Takayama, an authentic and less boisterous ...

And this is the first thing, when coming to the thought of Japan, everyone will think of two cities: Tokyo and Kyoto. However, outside of these two well-known cities, there is Takayama, a mountain ...

The sushi chef shared some dishes with the Parts Unknown host. Although we may choose to leave, we are all products from where we came. In Sunday nights episode of Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain ...

Takayama Ukon, a 16th-century samurai who faced exile rather than giving up his Catholic faith, is being considered for sainthood because of his fidelity to Christ and his Church. The Japanese bishops ...