The three-hour sightseeing train travels through Niigata Prefecture's most stunning landscapes, with sake pairings on board.

Toward Honshu’s southern tip, Japan’s largest island narrows, yet the landscape remains as dramatic as ever. Down here, the Setouchi region is a tapestry of hazy hills, palm-lined coast, and ...

In the Tohoku region, the Yamagata Prefecture was recently named one of National Geographic’ s Best of the World destinations for 2026. It’s a place to marvel at dramatic landscapes, the stillness of ...

Forget the bullet train, this is the rail journey you need to take.

Japan is currently developing the world’s fastest train, the L0 Series, which is a Japanese maglev train being produced and tested by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). This train is ...

The Shinkansen, Japanese for "bullet train," forever changed transportation in Japan and in nearly two dozen countries around the world. Japan's high-speed rail journey began in 1964, just before the ...

Luxurious rail cars offer countryside views with a range of cultural itineraries and budgets. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from Tokyo Japan’s public transportation is known for its punctuality, ...

The Japanese have a word for purpose: ikigai. It describes the quiet intersection between what you love, what gives life ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to visit Japan. He will travel on a 600-kilometer Maglev train during his visit to the country.

One of the side trips from Kyoto was a journey to Nara, which once was the capital of Japan during the 8th century C.E. Nara ...