Onsen are an important part of Japanese culture, and they’re one of the things I missed the most while living in the U.S.

With cafés crowded and homes small, what better than a catered, private box for assembling your study group?

Directly translated as 'medicine' (yaku) 'taste' (mi), yakumi originally served as antidotes to a variety of ailments.

A Buddhist monk shares his religion through cooking and cookbooks.

Why would a fish's name change? What dish is made of sea urchin gonads? And how many herring eggs would you want to eat at New Year's?

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

This market is the main reason people in Japan take it for granted fresh fish will always be on the table.

At 120 meters, the Ushiku Daibutsu was the tallest statue in the world until 2002.