You can reach several top attractions, including Nijo Castle, Gion, the Nanzen-ji Temple as well as downtown Kyoto and the Southern Higashiyama district, home to the Kiyomizu-dera Temple and ...

Kyoto Japan is one of the best places to visit on ... there are plenty of paid parking areas nearby. Like Shimogyo, the downtown area is located in Central Kyoto, to the west of Gion and Higashiyama.

Instead we hopped on the efficient subway (although you really do not need to say that in Japan as practically everything is efficient) and left our hotel early each day. From downtown Kyoto ...

KYOTO--Under the blaze of the scorching sun, 23 elaborately decorated floats paraded through downtown streets here ... The Gion Festival, one of Japan’s three largest festivals, returned to ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Kamayakiyonaga is a confectionery shop in Kyoto, Japan, that has been making sweets since 1617. Today, it's run by 17th-generation owner Maegawa Kiyoaki.

If you can visit only one city in Japan, Kyoto is the one. This ancient city, 30 mi/50 km northeast of Osaka, was the capital of Japan for more than 1,000 years and still is considered the countr ...