Japan loves to rank its attractions, and Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple has been deemed the city’s ...

Samurai helmets, swords and body armour are crammed into a huge townhouse in backstreet Gion. ...

One of the city’s best contemporary art spaces, Galerie 16 has been running since 1962. In ...

You don’t need to be a manga fan to be charmed by this vast but endearing museum, with a ...

The city’s most hands-on museum is one of its most charming. The friendly staff encourage you ...

The National Museum is worth a visit just to see the building. Constructed in the 1890s, this ...

Kyoto's most exciting attractions

Uji’s other World Heritage site plays second fiddle to the more dazzling Byodo-in, but it’s ...

Proud of its prominent role in the world’s oldest novel, Uji opened this dedicated museum in ...

The temple etched into the back of every ¥10 coin has more national treasures than any temple ...

Paris has the Eiffel Tower and Tokyo has the Tokyo Tower, so Osaka had to build the 91m-high ...

Kyoto is the city of shrines and temples, but Osaka also has its fair share, and Shitenno-ji is ...

One of Japan’s best-known castles, Osaka-jo was built to flaunt the power of warlord Hideyoshi ...

In 2004, Osaka razed its old National Museum of Art and replaced it with an eye-popping piece ...

The origins of this Tendai sect temple date back to 985. The buildings that now comprise this ...

Museum is too grand a name for a building that touts a ‘rest area’ as one of its main ...

This temple was perhaps partly to blame for Nara losing its role as capital city. The emperor ...

To appreciate just how powerful the Fujiwara family was during the eighth century, head first ...

World Heritage site Toji is best known for its landmark pagoda, Japan’s tallest, but is also ...