The main branch of Il Ghiottone is famously booked up weeks in advance. In 2008, chef Sasajima ...
A restaurant this far from the action needs to be special to survive. A Womb’s formula is ...
World Heritage site Toji is best known for its landmark pagoda, Japan’s tallest, but is also ...
This temple, south-west of Kyoto Station, boasts one of Japan’s top-rated Zen gardens, as well ...
Japanese whisky has been booming in the last decade, winning medals and market share worldwide. ...
Emperor Go-mizuno abdicated his throne at the tender age of 34 to focus on aesthetic pursuits, ...
One of the tenets of the ‘new religion’ Church of World Messianity is that art and beauty can ...
In any other city this would be a major attraction: 12,000 plants occupying 24ha, with ...
This major league attraction doesn’t make things easy for visitors. You’ll need to apply in ...
Perhaps the greatest garden in Kyoto. As you stroll through the 7ha site, an enchanting ...
Even though it’s a trek to reach from the city centre, this World Heritage site is worth the ...
You may have seen the photographs of Fushimi Inari, but you won’t be prepared for the scale of ...
Like so much of Kyoto, Zen temple Daitoku-ji was destroyed in the Onin War (1467-77). The monk ...
Take the aptly named Sagano Scenic Railway from Saga Torokko Station (adjacent to JR Saga ...
You’ll want a window seat here. With Mount Arashi in the background and the Togetsu Bridge ...
‘Eat to live, don’t live to eat,’ says the pamphlet of this Zen restaurant in the garden of ...
Showerheads line the ceramic walls of this bathhouse-turned-cafe that teams non-slip mats, ...
Just far enough from the tourist trail to keep the hordes away, but always packed with locals, ...
As you arrive at this riverside restaurant, you’ll notice that the stone entrance is wet, ...
This is often described as Kyoto’s most exclusive restaurant, but it’s only the cost that keeps ...
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