They creak, they breathe, they freeze you in winter and they’re heartbreakingly beautiful. The Kyoto machiya is Japan’s ...
KYOTO, Japan, Nov. 26 (UPI) --There has been a lot of buzz online recently about Japan's affordable houses, some of which can be purchased for as little as $10,000. Social media accounts like ...
Sangenjaya is a small but busy neighborhood in Tokyo, about three stops from the famous Shibuya Crossing. Imagine not being far from Westminster in London or Times Square in Manhattan, New York — but ...
The enormous sand dunes on the Tottori coast have an otherworldly quality. The surreal scenery was the inspiration for Kōbō Abe's 1962 novel (and later film) "The Woman in the Dunes." Sandboarding and ...