offers flexibility and calm Wallpaper* checks in at Hoshino Resorts KAI Akiu: a soothing onsen hotel In Japan’s bucolic northeast, Hoshino Resorts KAI Akiu breathes new life into a sleepy hot spring ...

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Each can accommodate up to six people and comes with a private onsen. There’s also a spa and a fine Japanese restaurant attached to the inn. Doubles, including breakfast, start at ¥180,000.

The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

Japan’s core consumer inflation accelerated to 3.0% in December, the fastest annual pace in 16 months, data showed earlier on Friday, in a sign rising fuel and food prices continue to push up ...

The latter should be on every family itinerary. A ryokan is a Japanese boutique hotel, usually with an onsen attached, and traditional rooms with tatami-mat floors, futon beds and classic decor.

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At the start of the new year, nuclear chemists Hiromitsu Haba and Kouji Morimoto slide precisely 119 Japanese yen into the collection box at their local shrine. They are seeking good fortune in ...