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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 ...

Osaka is the home of bunraku (a traditional Japanese form of theatre, which features large ...

Run by the same folks as Kyoto’s Lab Tribe, Triangle is a cosy three-storey club with a rooftop ...

There was a time when Osakans travelled to Kyoto for clubbing. Now, it’s the other way around, ...

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 ...

There’s no need to be a guest at this luxurious ryokan to use their indoor and outdoor hot ...

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 ...

It’s Universal Studios with samurai but without the rides in this movie-set theme park from ...

The home ground of Kyoto Sanga FC, the city’s perennially under-performing J-League football ...

Once a sake brewhouse, now one of the city’s most popular live venues, Taku Taku has hosted ...

The burly Canadian owner of Ranhotei looks more like a Bond villain than a tea master, but ...