When the special tickets were sold at the famed Gion Festival in Kyoto, the head priest of the Yasaka Shrine, which oversees the month-long extravaganza in July, was critical of the concept, ...

If you want to be near the cultural center of Kyoto, you’ll find several options that are all within a short stroll from UNESCO World Heritage sites like Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Yasaka Shrine ...

Craft your Japan itinerary with our comprehensive comparison between the bustling energy of Tokyo vs the timeless charm of ...

If you're travelling this new year, these intimate wellness retreats in Japan will help usher in a new era of self-care for starting fresh.

If you're travelling this new year, these intimate wellness retreats in Japan will help usher in a new era of self-care for starting fresh.

Begin at Yasaka Shrine, one of the most iconic and revered Shinto shrines ... Allow Miyagawa-cho to unfold before you: the heart of geisha Kyoto. Here, the chance to glimpse a maiko, a geisha ...

As a measure to ease congestion caused by inbound tourists at Kyoto Station, all Limited Express Haruka trains, which run directly from Kansai Airport, will stop at Yamashina Station from fiscal 2029, ...

Isshisoden Nakamura traces its origins to a fish-hauling business that transported fish from Wakasa to Kyoto. For sixth-generation owner ... and matcha prepared with holy water from Yasaka Shrine. At ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...