The Motif Restaurant and Bar at the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi is offering dinner created in collaboration with Sapporo's Moliere French restaurant from Aug. 21 to 27. Moliere is the only restaurant in Hokkaido to be awarded three Michelin stars, receiving the honor ...

A diplomat friend and I enjoy lunch at the Akasaka Capital Tokyu Hotel, in the governmental hub of Tokyo. As we part, he tips me off that there's a little-known footpath from the hotel, leading uphill to the Hie Shrine, one of Tokyo's most ...

Following renovations, the recently reopened Restaurant Tohoku Bokujo on the Hotel Continental Fuchu's first floor is now offering a dinner buffet with 100 percent organic and pesticide-free vegetables, eggs and chicken from Aomori Prefecture's Tohoku Bokujo. Tohoku Bokujo is a ranch where dozens of pesticide-free ...

The early morning light on this summer day, illuminating the under canopies of trees and sending warm, golden strobes across the oyster cafes over the embankments of the Kyobashi River, is enchanting. A fan-shaped city divided by seven deltaic waterways, Hiroshima sits on six islands ...

The Champagne Bar on the third floor of the ANA InterContinental Tokyo is currently offering a Champagne Social, in which guests can choose from three exclusive free-flow plans with a choice of the chef's Elegant Creations tapas menu to enjoy a luxurious evening. For two ...

Every year, toward the beginning of July, the waters of Zamami Island — so blue as to seem synthetic — are disturbed by a fleet of yachts. Almost 60 in number, the yachts cut elegant figures across the ocean, their hulls heeling and sails ...

Japanese restaurant Gonpachi Nishi-Azabu is pleased to introduce a new Muslim-friendly menu. Gonpachi, which has attracted many celebrities in the past, is especially known for hosting a meeting between former U.S. President George Bush and then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2002. It was ...

Paul Martin, an expert with 25 years of experience, teaches how to appreciate Japanese blades at the Samurai Museum in Kabukicho.

The Karuizawa Prince Hotel East in Nagano Prefecture reopened on July 12 after the renovation of all 70 rooms, the lobby and its two restaurants. The hotel is part of The Prince Grand Resort Karuizawa that is familiar to a wide range of customers as ...

It wasn't immediately clear what the man tossing large pebbles at the torii of a shrine was trying to achieve. What appeared to be the desecration of a religious structure, with the vocal encouragement of his wife, turned out to be related to superstition, the ...

Through Aug. 31 Grand Hyatt Tokyo is pleased to be offering delicious summertime sweets. Guests can enjoy a peaceful and refreshing time at four of the hotel's dining and drinking spaces. The Keyakizaka restaurant offers Ishigakijima Island mango, frozen with nitrogen, at minus 196 degrees ...

The theater stage is bathed in a luscious lavender hue, a color that in Chinese tradition signifies nobility and mystery — and portends things to come. A young couple, pure of heart, fall in love only to see their romance thwarted by the machinations ...