After an arduously long journey by train or bus, you can finally breathe easy as you set foot into Kyoto. But as soon as you step outside the station, you notice some tourists lighting up - and ...

KYOTO, Japan — Kyoto is a place that embodies everything I love about Japan, its serene ancient beauty mixed with already-tomorrow modernity. Many visitors arrive on the platypus-nosed Nozomi bullet ...

Kyoto is more than its famous temples and bustling tourist spots — it’s a living tapestry of tradition, seasonal beauty, and quiet corners that many visitors miss. From moss-covered gardens and ...

KYOTO >> A variety of yokai monsters used to hold nocturnal parades through what is now the neighborhood of the Taishogun shopping district in Kyoto — or so legends from the Heian period (794-1192) ...

Kyoto’s historic Gion neighborhood is cracking down on photography in response to ongoing issues with bad tourist behavior. As Japan’s tourism has grown exponentially, Kyoto has struggled to maintain ...

In Kyoto city the streets of east west and north and south are run in a row and a breadth, and even when expressing an address, we use the name of a street and write it as "~~ passing through". I do ...

KYOTO—The Aoi Festival, one of this city’s three major festivals, was held on May 15, with about 500 people dressed in lavish period costumes parading through the streets of the ancient capital. The ...