The limited express sleeper between Ueno Station in Tokyo and Sapporo Station in Hokkaidō—a more-than 16-hour trip one way—was discontinued in August 2015, after having been in operation ...

Guests who want to be by themselves can hole up in their rooms ... with its first hostel, Guest House Toco, a renovated Japanese-style house built 90 years ago in Iriya, Tokyo.

But things are a little different at downtown Tokyo’s Hokutosei. Hokutosei is the Japanese ... Hokutosei hostel. In addition to four-person dormitory-style rooms (some mixed-gender, some female-only), ...

Guests sleep in carriages converted from the Hokutosei, which ferried passengers from Tokyo ... the hostel starts at £17.78 (2,500 Japanese Yen), with prices rising for a private room.

Train Hostel Hokutosei in Tokyo recreates the interior ... as well as mixed bathrooms and a laundry room on the top floor. Dormitory beds are available from 2,500 Japanese Yen (£18).

But as hostels around the world have been shaking off their grubby image as basic, backpacker-only digs, Tokyo's are emerging ... communal cocktails of the Japanese capital. In a time of both ...

Experience Tokyo ... hardcore clubbing, the hostel aims to attract not just young travellers, but also couples and even families. Four floors offer dorms, twin rooms, and “family dorms ...

According to the 2020 national census, the total number of single women aged 15 to 49 in 46 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, excluding Tokyo, was about 9.1 million. This is approximately 20 per cent ...

Chisato Ichikawa, left, who developed the mobile tea ceremony room, and her husband Akio, a carpenter specializing in shrines and temples, are seen in Tokyo ... (Japanese original by Yasutoshi ...

TOKYO -- Some Japanese lodgings are getting into the art ... an artist and proprietor of a new hostel, "so you can get them to spend enough time to appreciate works of art." ...

But things are a little different at downtown Tokyo’s Hokutosei. Hokutosei is the Japanese ... Hokutosei hostel. In addition to four-person dormitory-style rooms (some mixed-gender, some female-only), ...