Every year at the Fuji Shibazakura Festival, a beautiful carpet of bright pink flowers rolls out beneath Japan’s tallest and ...

The West Japan Railway Company replaced an entire station with 3D-printed prefabricated pieces, and construction costs were ...

The background of the new map is white, which is another way to create more contrast. The previous version has a beige ...

When the subway first opened in 1904, maps were simple diagrams that depicted individual subway companies, such as the ...

Situated on the boundary of Shinjuku’s Memory Lane — a narrow alleyway of shabby but charming food stalls — Tajimaya Coffee House stands as evidence of Tokyo’s enduring kissaten culture. Kissaten ...

For those looking to dive into Tokyo’s past, Fukagawa Edo is a great substitute for the much larger Edo-Tokyo Museum, which ...

A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay. But one ...

Incredible things have been happening in Japan for decades. This is the country that gave us karaoke bars, sushi conveyors, ...