I live in Japan and have traveled beyond the popular tourist stops like Tokyo and Osaka. Some of my favorite day trips are Saitama, Kobe, and Nara.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Judy Koutsky covers adventure, luxury and family travel. Japan is a country that seamlessly blends the old with the new, offering ...

Kyoto is the ancient capital of Japan and is packed with history and beauty. Like the rest of Japan, it boasts such a unique and beautiful place, steeped in tradition. It would be easy to miss the ...

The best part of my family's trip to Japan was not Tokyo or Kyoto; it was visiting the smaller town of Hakone and its onsens, ...

InsideJapan Tours has launched “Must-See Japan,” a 11-day, fast-paced itinerary focused on visiting Japan’s key highlights. Fully guided by an insider, one of InsideJapan Tours’ full-time tour leaders ...

A walking tour can be the best way to explore Japan, following the footsteps of pilgrims & exploring wilderness trails, encountering Zen gardens & onsen baths, historic temples and tea houses. It ...

Among Kyoto’s many splendid sights, the most impressive might well be Kyomizu-dera, a 1,200-year-old Buddhist temple that looms mightily on a forested hill in eastern Kyoto, a 15-minute walk from Roji ...

A former ‘geiko’ theatre is reborn as the Imperial Hotel Kyoto, built around the idea that architecture can carry the past into the present ...