Traveling from Osaka to Hiroshima on Japan’s high speed train network feels less like transportation and more like stepping ...

ONAN, Shimane Prefecture–Emiko Inoue drove two hours from Hiroshima to make the arduous climb to see Uzui Station ...

Need a train station shelter in a hurry? You can now print that. In Arida, Japan, a Japanese architectural firm and 3D-printed house manufacturer partnered with JR-West, a railway network, to build ...

Inspired by the station's history, Hyakunen no Tabi Monogatari ekiben was conceived in February 2004 following an ekiben ...

Almost nothing stops Japan’s famous high-speed bullet trains from running exactly on time – but a tiny snake slithering through a passenger carriage will do the trick, albeit for just 17 minutes. On ...

Join me at Koriyama Station for a first-hand look at Japan’s newest bullet train: the E8 Series Tsubasa Shinkansen. This ...

NAGOYA, Japan — On the 15th floor of Nagoya Station’s JR Gate tower, one can take in the city’s skyline from what is possibly the coolest Starbucks in the world. The cafe’s rooftop garden is so ...

These design-led waterfront villas are Japan distilled, with flourishes of understated luxury. Surrounded by a peaceful moat, these wooden modernist villas look out toward cloud-crested islands and ...

Japan's bullet train system, or Shinkansen, was the first high-speed rail system. On a recent trip to Japan, I had the chance to travel from Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen. Here's what it was like.

Nitama, who oversaw the Kishigawa Line operated by Wakayama Electric Railway Co., passed away on November 20 at the age of 15.