TRAVEL NEWS FROM THE JAPAN TIMES

Cut and dried daikon: A time-tested frugal treat

Alpha Takahashi: ‘The world of video games was tied to my upbringing’

New street patrol helps Nara’s deer clean up their act

How to tell if what you’re hearing is true (or just sounds like it is)

Got a digital crush this Valentine’s? Beware of scams, says Meta.

DEI, woke and ‘forest bathing’: When a direct translation just won’t cut it

Brothers’ local focus lifts Shintaku to Niigata’s highest rank

Some traditional Japanese culinary rules are meant to be broken

Hay fever beauty: The aesthetics behind Japan’s allergy products

Making sense of Nintendo’s tight-lipped Switch 2 reveal

Novel seafood noodles become flavor of the moment in Tokyo

Sipping down the rabbit hole at Craft Sake Shoten

Gaming’s feminine side is starting to make big bucks

First official survey set to change backcountry Hokkaido skiing

Mind the gap — and the shoulder checking: Dealing with pushy people in Japan’s crowded spaces

