Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Aokigahara Forest is an infamous destination in Japan. pictured: A foggy Japanese forest with no sunlight and thick trees The ...

Newly graduated from college nearly 20 years ago, Kate McDonald and a group of friends spent 31 days walking the centuries-old Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route through Spain. Several weeks in, on a ...

A groundbreaking new exhibition at the British Museum reveals the untold history of Japan’s Samurai class, including the fact that half of them were women. Samurai is the first exhibition to explore ...

Film critic and commentator on Japanese culture Donald Richie in 2008 (Public domain) By Damian Flanagan The other week I was asked by a magazine to review a couple of chunky books on the history of ...