Dreaming of your first Japan trip? Let me show you exactly how to plan a trip to Tokyo like a pro! This post about how to plan a trip to Tokyo for the first time was written by family travel expert ...

Though I typically steer clear of popular travel destinations, especially during peak summer season, I make an exception for Tokyo. From childhood summer vacations to, more recently, solo sojourns as ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My first trip to Japan left me feeling rude and underdressed. I wish I'd known better before I left. As an American, I made ...

There are three things you need to know about the lifestyle of a sumo wrestler (rikishi). The first is that the young, male-only athlete must eat between 7,000 and 9,000 calories a day. The second is ...

In 1946, anthropologist Ruth Benedict published The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture. The American government had tapped her as a researcher during World War II to help better ...

In quiet Koto ward, away from the neon-lit skyscrapers and frenzied pace of central Tokyo, the Fukagawa Edo Museum offers a portal to a bygone era. It costs only a few hundred yen to explore this ...