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This major league attraction doesn’t make things easy for visitors. You’ll need to apply in ...

To mark its 1,100th birthday, Kyoto built itself an enormous shrine, complete with a 24m-high ...

While Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion lives up to its dazzling name, Ginkaku-ji (the Silver ...

It’s less mesmerising than most of its World Heritage peers, but this shrine is historic ...

Built during the 12th century for emperor-turned-monk Go-Shirakawa, Sanjusangen-do has several ...

Kyoto’s most iconic structure is a three-storey pavilion that literally dazzles visitors when ...

If you only visit one temple in Kyoto, make it this World Heritage behemoth. From the balcony ...

Built in 1603 as the Kyoto stronghold of shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, Nijo Castle occupies vast ...

Although Kyoto held the imperial seat for more than a millennium, the ‘Old Imperial Palace’ ...

From the outside it’s an eyesore, and inside it’s even worse, but the Kyoto Tower, opposite ...

Forgive this hotel its name: the ‘Apartotel’ is one of the most stylish rental abodes in the ...

One look at the map ought to dissuade you from staying here. The Utano is tucked away in the ...

Chourakukan is best known as a historic dining complex that serves European fare in Rococo and ...

Kyoto’s first boutique hotel is a playground of modern design with 13 unique rooms from 13 ...

Kyoto’s most foreigner-friendly ryokan has English-speaking staff who can point guests in the ...

The Okura claims to be the oldest hotel in Kyoto, but since it was razed and rebuilt in the ...

Ryokan owners like to talk of their inns as family homes, and Yoshikawa may be the most ...

This beautiful two-storey house has been welcoming guests since 1873. The hospitality is ...

Even though Ishihara was famously the favourite inn of cinema legend Akira Kurosawa, there are ...