Mount Yoshino offers a good (and beautiful) reason to get out of Tokyo and Kyoto and venture off the beaten path ... places to participate in hanami in Japan. The five-mile-long mountain ridge that ...

Battling overtourism and littering, Mount Fuji will now double its tourist tax. Here's what travelers should know.

or karesansui (translated as "dry-mountain-water"), originated in medieval Japan and are renowned for their simplicity and serenity. The most famous of these can be found in Kyoto at the 15th ...

Cherry blossoms are almost in full flower in various locations across Kyoto Prefecture, with tourists from both Japan and ...

Ohara: A Mountain Village Echoing with Buddhist Chants Some 1,000 years ago, monks from warring Mt. Hiei and nobles from the capital retreated from the world in rustic Ohara, northeast of Kyoto ...

It takes about three hours to make the trek up the mountain, and some recent visitors say that the hike is mildly strenuous, but almost all agree this is a must-see spot in Kyoto, especially for ...

Situated on Otowa Mountain in eastern Kyoto, Kiyomizu-dera Temple wows travelers with its stunning natural scenery, which visitors say is best viewed from the verandah off the temple's main building.

In the park in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward, Somei Yoshino cherry trees were about 70% in bloom, and Yamazakura cherry trees were also blooming on the mountain slopes on the right bank of the Katsura River.