This is the Osaka to Kyoto bullet train process and experience on the Shinkansen high speed train in October 2023. The train ...

Japan’s $50 billion maglev train floats above the tracks and reaches insane speeds. Is this the future of travel?

Early on October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city of Osaka and a place in the history ...

Experience Japan’s most breathtaking autumn landscapes on rail. From Kyoto’s Romantic Train to Toyama’s Kurobe Gorge, ...

While many visitors to Japan beeline to the history and hubbub of Kyoto and Tokyo, surprisingly fewer travellers make their way to the region of Kansai: a hinterland of bubbling hot springs, ...

We’ve rounded up five trains that make the journey just as exciting as the destination Japan’s railways connect locals and tourists alike to the country’s most popular destination—whether you’re ...

Some day trips from Japan’s third largest city are all about the destination. Others ask travelers to enjoy the journey, as well. A visit to Tomogashima — a group of four uninhabited islands in ...

We’re right on the cusp of peak fall color season in Japan. The leaves have already started turning to vivid hues of crimson and gold in northeastern Japan, and are now working their seasonal ...