I first visited Japan when I was sixteen years old. A friend from Tokyo had invited me.

Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu and within a 3.5-hour drive from most military bases in the Kanto Plain, Hamamatsu is the largest city of Shizuoka Prefecture with over 776,118 people.

In Nagoya, “morning service” is a unique tradition at the local kissaten coffee shops.

Our community products at Stars and Stripes are geared toward one very important thing: giving you the tools to make the most of your time while stationed in the Pacific.

Hotou is a hot pot noodle dish unique to Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture dating back to the Heian Period (794-1185).

Camp Fuji will host its Friendship Festival Oct. 20, bringing plenty of food, game booths and entertainment for visitors.

There are so many beautiful places to visit in Japan, and the Eight Ponds at Oshino Hakkai is one of those.

Suspended between two mountain ridges, the Yume no Tsuri Bashi (The Bridge of Dreams) is a wooden and steel bridge that is built in the northernmost part of Shizuoka Prefecture, in the Sumata Gorge, where Sumata River meets the Oma River.

Boasting the greatest height of domestic single peak mountains in the country, Mount Fuji is loved as a sightseeing attraction representative of Japan throughout the world. In fact, over 300,000 mountaineers flock to it every year.

The act of drinking tea is an integral part of many cultures throughout the world.