For our first trip as a family of four, we ventured to Japan with our kids ... Hanging with hedgehogs or micropigs at an animal cafe? The aforementioned cute food tour (see Arigato Travel)?

Tourism, climate goals, and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in a country famous for sushi and ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

Travel review: Vibrant cities, peaceful shrines, bullet trains and piglet cafes on dream Japan trip 4 15 new flights for 2025 – from Belfast, Derry, Dublin and more ...

The Sangawa Project will bring this and more to the Downtown DoubleTree Hotel & Suites from Friday, Feb. 7, to Sunday, Feb. 9.

Travel review: Vibrant cities, peaceful shrines, bullet trains and piglet cafes on dream Japan trip News TV chef Rick Stein says he feels ‘a bit sorry’ for Gregg Wallace ...

More people in Japan are turning away from intimate relationships. A study found 45 per cent of women and 25 per cent of men aged 16 to 24 are uninterested in or even averse to sexual contact.

OSAKA--The sound of silence is deafening at cafes where customers are not allowed to talk aloud and must place their orders in writing. These eateries are "quietly" catching on with those eager ...

TOKYO (SCMP): So-called Cuddle Cafes in Japan offer emotional companionship by allowing customers to hug with or gaze at strangers. The country’s strict social norms of self restraint and not ...

As would be expected from a country that has been pioneering advances in this field since the 1970s, Japan is home to a number of different robot cafes. But while others utilise high degrees of ...

Japan's social media-influenced youth have begun romanticizing an unknown vintage past as old-fashioned Showa-era cafes, featuring dimmed lighting and cozy furnishings, gain in popularity. It is a ...