Tokyo taxis: new short-trip rate boosts rides
Rides of just over a kilometer cost half the old minimum, although rates for longer rides are up. But it's good news for visitors.
Rides of just over a kilometer cost half the old minimum, although rates for longer rides are up. But it's good news for visitors.
At the New York Botanical Gardens, Jonathan L explores an exhibit focused on Japanese techniques for growing and training chrysanthemums.
Travel Rob shows us where to see some of the best views of Tokyo.
A spa town in Japan plans an amusement park with spa-based rides, including (it hopes) a roller coaster hot tub.
ANA promotes its plan to use an A380 on Tokyo to Honolulu flights with a contest.
International Air Group makes some moves to drum up new traffic on both Atlantic and Pacific routes.
Tokyo's Narita Airport Terminal 2 now has a great place to wait...and wait, courtesy of a Japanese mattress manufacturer.
Japan's preparation for the 2020 Olympics includes rethinking the symbols that guide people to features and facilities.
At a Zen Buddhist temple, seesaw experiences a ritual with traditional tea and sweet candies: A never-to-be-forgotten rich sensory memory.
ANA gets 3 more coveted slots at Haneda, the closer-in Tokyo airport that many airlines compete to get access to because it gives a time advantage.
Seesaw visits a century-old wasabi farm, and learns how the small green vegetable with the intense flavor is grown and prepared.
Japanese tourism authorities are talking about Okinawa, Japan's outpost Ryukyu Islands prefecture, as the next Hawaii, with more visitors each year.
Wanderpass, a new free app, turns your smartphone into an audioguide for Tokyo...and soon for many more cities.
Japan's network of Bullet Trains (shinkansen) has taken another leap forward with the completion of service to Hokkaido island.
A small town in Japan struggles with declining population, and pins its hopes of growth on tourism and the recent arrival of a 'bullet train' station.