KYOTO--Offering passengers the joy of setting out on a scenic journey, the panoramic train Mai debuted on Dec. 1, operated by ...

Image Credit: PT Hamilton / Shutterstock. While some may mourn the end of summer, others love the arrival of fall. Gentle sunshine, crisp mornings, and dramatic skyscapes make for one of the Northern ...

Kyoto needs little introduction: picture glimpsing a geisha disappearing down a narrow alley; the stillness of a stone garden ...

With all the sights, sounds, and history Kyoto City has to offer, from the Golden Pavilion to the thousands of torii shrine gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine, most people forget that there is much more to ...

When it was recently revealed that an official and abject apology had been issued for a train in Japan having departed a station 20 seconds early, the international reaction was one of understandable ...

Fear is commonly held to be a cold sensation, which is how we ended up with English phrases like “bone-chilling” and “a chill ran down his spine.” Those idioms may not translate directly into Japanese ...

TOKYO -- Japanese travel company Willer will let passengers ride taxis, buses and trains for a monthly flat payment as soon as autumn 2020, Nikkei has learned, with tests to begin in coastal northern ...

A train collided with a car at a railroad crossing near Shin-Hosono Station on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line in Kyoto on Saturday, ...