The Cherry Blossom Festival draws tens of thousands of visitors to Balboa Park for a four-day celebration of flowering trees running through Sunday.

Travel destinations and experiences that foster inclusion, diversity and sustainability were celebrated recently at the 2026 Japan Travel Awards, with this year’s top prize going to a ryokan ...

The Portland Japanese Garden, turning 65 next year, has grown into a cultural hub and "safe haven," with recent expansions enhancing the visitor experience.

Cherry blossom season is officially underway in San Diego with the return of a beloved Japanese tradition. The Cherry Blossom Festival kicked off Thursday at the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa ...

The Japanese government has defined new standards for agrivoltaics as regulators begin tightening oversight in response to nearly one-quarter of projects reporting reduced crop yields or sub-standard ...

Visitors will find hyacinths, daffodils and tulips filling the historic Western New York greenhouse. The Botanical Bunny will also make a special appearance on March 28 and April 3-4 with a scavenger ...

The Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden in Japan, home to the viral baby monkey Punch, responded to online claims that Punch is "being bullied." In a new statement shared on X on Wednesday, ...

Let’s be honest: finding actual peace in California usually requires either a significant drive into the wilderness or a willingness to pay spa prices. The Hayward Japanese Gardens throws that ...

According to the Tohoku region’s Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, kokeshi (koh-keh-shee) originated in the late Edo period, which ended in 1868, in the area’s hot-spring villages, where ...

An Instagram influencer and other experts say bonsai, the Japanese art of cultivating small trees, can be a tool of conservation.

Few people on this planet can hit the ball as hard or as far as Munetaka Murakami. The Samurai Japan slugger, who inked a two-year, $34 million deal with the White Sox earlier this offseason, proved t ...