OSAKA--The Airin district of this city's Nishinari Ward is home to flophouses for day laborers, hardly a canvas one might imagine a talented street graffiti artist to revel in. Yet, stencil ...

Thanks to a weak yen, Tokyo has become a surprisingly affordable vacation spot for American travelers—and you don’t even have to rough it. On a recent trip, our writer saw just how far he could ...

Tokyo officials were overjoyed after the Japanese capital was named the world’s best large city in a leading U.S. travel magazine. Conde Nast Traveler’s 2024 reader survey, which excluded U.S ...

However, while you'll be able to experience the small things like Japan's superior convenience stores staying within the Tokyo city limits, the nation's capital cannot truly grant you everything ...

A brand-new exhibition for the Oshi no Ko anime has been announced. Anime Tokyo Station will be hosting the "Let's Enjoy together!! History of Anime Series OSHI NO KO" exhibition from early ...

The site of the former Tsukiji Market, where a major redevelopment is in the works, is seen in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Dec. 1, 2024. (Mainichi/Taisuke Shimabukuro) TOKYO -- The waterfront area of ...

Until March 23, the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery is presenting the artist’s first major solo exhibition. ‘Tanah Air’, which means ‘land and water’ in Indonesian, and by extension ...

Cedar pollen was observed in Tokyo on Jan. 8 — a month earlier than last year and the earliest since the Tokyo Metropolitan Government began pollen counts in 1985. The metropolitan government ...

TOKYO -- The waterfront area of Chuo Ward in Japan's capital is crowded with office buildings and condo towers. Near the mouth of the Sumida River is a large plot of land left vacant since the ...

What are the best city building games? There’s nothing more relaxing than sitting down for an afternoon of city building games. We’ve lost countless hours lining up buildings just how we like ...

Clustered around the city's port on the banks of the St. Lawrence River are the quaint stone buildings and narrow, winding streets of Old Québec. This historic neighborhood (and UNESCO World ...

The only long-haul destination cheaper than Tokyo was Cape Town, which is the best city in the world according to visitors. A holiday to the Mother City is 12% cheaper than in 2023 for Brits. A bottle ...