SAITAMA

While Halloween may be the perfect time to visit, these four frightening themed restaurants are ready to meet your horror needs all year around.

Smoke-free sipping may not be Japan-standard just yet, but now you can at least enjoy your coffee in clean air at a few more non-Starbucks chains almost anywhere in the country!

Oita has the most hot spring sources, but Hokkaido has the most spas—and the highest onsen is in Toyama.

Snow monkeys aren’t the only ones getting in the water in the winter.

Ramen Adventures has been documenting the best bowls in Japan since October 2008. Here we present the hot ramen blogger’s top five picks for 2015 (so far).

Kawagoe is one of the few places in Japan where you can really see what cities used to look like, centuries ago.