We booked our recent trip to Japan a year in advance to see the cherry blossoms, which only bloom briefly in the spring.

Go off the tourist track and into the heart of Japan. Here are 10 hidden gems to visit in Japan, according to a local.

Nakasendo Way has linked Kyoto and Tokyo for centuries—and now the forgotten route is being revived. A walking tour through ...

The railway was originally built to transport cargo but this recently restored heritage route has since swapped timber for ...

The Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University hosted their 25th Sakura Matsuri: Cherry Blossom Festival, co-produced by Wang Cultural Programs, the Japan Center at Stony Brook, and Ryu Shu ...

And it's all to honour the coming of their special 'sakura' - or cherry blossom - a central theme of life in their home country. In Japan, these beautiful trees represent the transience of life ...

Join Tom Chesshyre as he experiences the world through train travel, from steam locomotives to bullet trains all over ... Many visitors catch a ride during spring, when the country’s cherry blossoms ...

Nearly a hundred passengers hopped aboard an old steam ... dates from Japanese colonial times. It was also originally a logging railway. “It’s quite novel and the cherry blossoms are really ...

Sakura is a flowering cherry tree in Japan, known for its beautiful pink blossoms. If you have been planning a trip to Japan, now might be the perfect time! The world-famous cherry blossom season ...

Nearly a hundred passengers hopped aboard an old steam train ... that dates from Japanese colonial times and was originally a logging railway. "It's quite novel and the cherry blossoms are really ...

The special cherry blossom-themed train chugged up Alishan (阿里山) in the southern part of the main island for a scenic six-hour journey on a heritage line that dates from Japanese colonial ... with a ...