‘Monster koi carp surface like scaly whales’: how I holidayed in Japan – without leaving London
‘A portal to a different world’: a gamer’s guide to visiting Japan
March 2023
Tokyo's micro-apartments: Justin McCurry spends a night in a tiny home – video
The Guardian spent the night in a micro-apartment in Tokyo, the architectural answer to growing demand among young people who are unable to afford the capital’s high, and rising, rents.
January 2021
Noodle soup ties me to Japanese New Year, and my roots – plus the recipe
For this Asian-American novelist, soba noodles flecked with gold – real or not – embody new year traditions
June 2020
10 of the best books set in Japan – that will take you there
Great explorers you’ve probably never heard of
The 12th-century Japanese poet and pioneer of lockdown travel
Great explorers you’ve probably never heard of
The samurai who charmed the courts of Europe
I started to miss brazenly beautiful Japan before I'd even left
May 2020
How a stopover at Tokyo airport changed my life: Pico Iyer
The great ‘layover’ we’re all experiencing reminds the writer of the epiphany he had while killing time in a small town in Japan
April 2020
Meet Amabie: the pandemic-defeating monster bringing hope to Japan
Japanese Twitter is alive with images of a duck-billed mermaid yōkai from Edo-era folklore with the supposed power to see off the coronavirus
November 2019
Geisha selfies banned in Kyoto as foreign tourism boom takes toll
Geisha neighbourhoods threaten to fine visitors amid growing complaints of harassment and property damage
September 2019
Bar Martha, Tokyo, where the customer isn’t always right
Jean genius: how Kojima became Japan’s denim mecca
10 of the best art museums in Japan
10 must-try ramen shops in Tokyo
A new take on old Japan – that's Omori
The insiders' guide to Japan's Rugby World Cup cities
Readers' travel tips
Cultural highlights of Japan: readers’ travel tips
A local's guide
A local’s guide to Miyazaki, Japan: 10 top tips
January 2019
Japan’s arty-pelago: Naoshima and beyond
Among shrines, rice fields and abandoned buildings, contemporary art has transformed 12 rural islands into a creative paradise – the setting for the 2019 Setouchi Triennale
