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Visiting Tokyo for the first time can feel like stepping into the future and the past at once. This vast, ever-shifting metropolis is all about contrasts: centuries-old shrines tucked beside glass ...

Taking a spontaneous trip is a thrilling idea, especially when someone else is footing the bill. If you were handed a free flight ticket for tomorrow, the world is your oyster, and you can choose from ...

Global travel authority Lonely Planet has officially released its “Best in Travel” 2026 list, featuring 25 must-visit destinations and 25 essential experiences from around the world. The annual ...

Our capital draws attention in a new Lonely Planet guide that points visitors toward its key districts. Writer Sarah Gilbert portrays the city, called “Chepe” by us locals, as a mix of art, history, ...

Tokyo — The Japan Mobility Show is an ocean, 6,397 nautical miles, and a world away from the Detroit Auto Show. The vehicle mix inside the Tokyo Big Sight convention center — and the streets outside — ...

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Once near the stairs in the Frosted Heights, you can take a photo of the willow tree to tick off the objective, which is the only tree of its kind in the biome. Wondering where to find more specific ...

In 1946, anthropologist Ruth Benedict published The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture. The American government had tapped her as a researcher during World War II to help better ...

The author of “The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide” on the reasons the travel publishing giant chose a coffee-table book and how she picked the people and places to feature. By Steven Moity In the half-century ...

Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler has revealed four locations to which he will not return any time soon. In a blog titled “I’m Not Going There Anymore”, the 78-year-old adventurer puts the world’s ...