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Travel News

Japan breaks visitor records as highest-ever hotel tax gets approval

Japan's popularity continues to surge despite concerns of pollution, anti-social behaviour and 'human traffic jams'.

18/10/2025

Moments

Gion Matsuri: Inside one of Japan’s most storied festivals

Gion Matsuri is a bucket list experience for many visitors to the Japanese city.

02/07/2025

Travel News

Japan Airlines offers free domestic flights for international visitors

Japan Airlines says the promotion is designed to provide a “seamless travel experience” across the archipelago.

17/09/2024

Culture news

Take a sneak peak inside Nintendo's highly-anticipated Kyoto museum

Video game maker Nintendo has announced it will open its much-awaited museum on 2 October in the Japanese city of Kyoto.

21/08/2024

Travel News

Kyoto shuns tourists from its geisha district with 'keep out' signs

The Japanese city will stop visitors from passing through a number of streets in the picturesque geisha district.

08/03/2024

Culture news

This Japanese student chose to graduate dressed as Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The Kyoto University student, known only as Amiki, wore an outfit inspired by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his graduation ceremony

29/03/2023

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Watch: Snow carpets much of Japan amid record low temperatures

Snow and cold weather affected much of Japan on Wednesday, disrupting highway, air and train travel with more cold temperatures on the way.

25/01/2023

Japan

Several feared dead in fire at Japan animation studio

Several feared dead in fire at Japan animation studio

18/07/2019

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Japan celebrates plum blossom festival at Kyoto shrine

Traditional music, splendid costumes, flowers and green tea: this is how Japan celebrates the plum blossom festival every year at a shrine in Kyoto.

26/02/2019

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Geisha girls in Kyoto copy Buddhist sutras

Using a brush and ink, the women wrote the Chinese characters in one of the famous Buddhist scriptures.

31/01/2018

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A sumo grand champion performs ring-entering ceremony in Japan

A sumo grand champion, or Yokozuna, has performed a ring-entering ceremony at a UNESCO World Heritage site in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto.

15/10/2017

Japan

A cut above? Chimpanzees understand how to play rock-paper-scissors

16/08/2017

Japan

'Rich' widow accused of poisoning fourth husband with cyanide

19/11/2014