Walking or running in a full suit of samurai armour is not the easiest thing in the world. Swimming in it is even harder, but that's exactly what some in Japan are doing.
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In Kanazawa, a town in eastern Japan famous for its traditions, artisan Ikkou Teranishi is the living embodiment of the art of Kaga Yuzen: a technique specific to this region of producing high quality kimonos. We pay a visit to hi..
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In Kanazawa, a town on Honshu Island on the Sea of ​​Japan, the venerable Yachiya factory has been producing traditional sake for 13 generations. Its head, 90 year old Fumiyo Kamiya, perpetuates this ancient know-how with boundles..
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Greater Tokyo, home to an astonishing 35 million people, is by far the biggest urban area on the planet. The most amazing thing about it is that it works.
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Goggles that trick the wearer into thinking the plain snack in their hand is a chocolate cookie, or make biscuits appear larger have been unveiled in Japan, offering hope to weak-willed dieters everywhere.
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Residents of Tokyo turn their eyes to the sky as a solar eclipse creates a "ring of fire" from Asia to the western United States.
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What do you get when you combine two Japanese obsessions – cute fashion and high tech gadgets? Robotic cat ears that you control with your brain. The ears are worn like a hair band, and react to the wearer's changing moods.
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The city of Kanazawa with its reputation for being a repository of traditional Japanese culture is now also home to the 21st century Museum of Contemporary Art. With permanent installations by James Turrell and Leandro Erlich as w..
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A stay in a typical Japanese inn gives the western traveller an opportunity to discover an exotic art of living that is traditional and elegant. Protocol, pampering and gastronomy define the refined universe of the ryokan.
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11th March 2011, an earthquake and tsunami struck the country, provoking the biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. The Japanese tourist industry was hard hit at a moment when it was thriving. It is now struggling to get back t..
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Tokyo streets all light up at night with Christmas decorations, despite feared electricity shortages in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident.
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Takashi Saïto is a recognised sushi master. Today, his talents are worth every ounce of the two stars he has been awarded in the Tokyo Michelin Guide. We take a look with him at the essential qualities that all good sushi should h..
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Dining in one of Kyoto’s ryotei is an experience that goes beyond the realm of pure gastronomy. It is total immersion in Japanese culture, where the Zen Buddhist rituals of the tea ceremony are combined with culinary traditions de..
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Tasting a thin slice of Wagyu beef, which is far too often called Kobe beef, is an astounding experience. The word tender is not enough to qualify the silky, melt-in-your-mouth texture of this unique product. Further explanation i..
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The world’s largest fish market is open to visitors at night, in the electric mayhem of the red tuna auction. This is the place to take the pulse of a country that has turned raw fish into a highly refined culinary art.
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Before leaving, we are told: "Exoticism is guaranteed in Japan." Both at the dining table and elsewhere. And so we arrived, prepared to be amazed...
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Famous in Japan for his French cuisine, media darling Dominique Corby hosts a television show and is an eminent connoisseur of Japan’s culinary culture.
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It’s hard to explain to a Westerner exactly what kaiseki cuisine is… Far from having grasped all the subtleties, we’ll confine ourselves to generalities here. In the video, Ichiro Kubota demonstrates how to prepare the sashimi fea..
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