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Much has been written about Hiiragiya since it opened in 1861, usually rich with superlatives. ...

From wireless internet to shoe-dryers to two fully equipped kitchens, this backpacker hostel ...

Readers of Conde Nast Traveller voted the Hyatt Regency the best hotel in Kyoto (and Japan’s ...

The thin tower of ferroconcrete doesn’t promise much, but ring the doorbell and the bright red ...

The Granvia has one great advantage to brag about, over other hotels: most of the city’s buses, ...

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, ...

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

This temple, south-west of Kyoto Station, boasts one of Japan’s top-rated Zen gardens, as well ...

Perhaps the greatest garden in Kyoto. As you stroll through the 7ha site, an enchanting ...

You may have seen the photographs of Fushimi Inari, but you won’t be prepared for the scale of ...

Free of fences or cages, this animal-friendly park has almost 200 wild macaques (snow monkeys) ...

Technically it’s a sento (Japanese bathhouse) rather than an onsen (hot spring) since the heat ...

Kyoto’s most attractive live venue opened back in 1973, in what was once a sake brewery. And it ...

It’s quite a trek from anywhere, but this sake store is by far the best in the city. Owner ...

For martial art fans or wannabe warriors, this is where you’ll find all the swords, knives, gi, ...

The scenic garden of a World Heritage site is a wonderful backdrop to this eaterie. Guests sit ...

The oldest and most famous of Myoshin-ji’s sub-temples is renowned for its tranquil gardens. A ...

Crypto-Christian artworks and the Jesuit bell of Kyoto’s first church are the unlikely ...