The ancient capital of Japan, Kyoto （京都） is taken back in time during the Gion festival （祗园祭） by Yasaka shrine (八阪神社, gion was the old name of this shrine.) Gion festival is one of the biggest ...

"ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2019: BLOWBALL" is a satellite event of "ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2019," an initiative in which artists take on the challenge of developing their own markets and connecting culture and ...

Kyoto is famed for charming traditional Japanese inns called ryokan, but the city also offers some of the country’s finest hotels, which is saying something given Japan’s reputation for elegant ...

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 ...

More changes come to downtown’s Kyoto Grand Hotel. Last week came word that one of the hotel’s eateries, A Thousand Cranes, had shuttered, and now comes news that the Garden Grill too is doneski and ...

Kitayama is five stops on the subway from downtown Kyoto, but it might as well be a million miles away for the tourists who trudge around the city in search of Kyoto tropes: temples, shrines, ...