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Sagano-yu

Restaurants & Cafés  |  Sep 22 2009

Showerheads line the ceramic walls of this bathhouse-turned-cafe that teams non-slip mats, ...

Ohashi Kobo

Shops  |  Sep 22 2009

Nowhere takes chopsticks more seriously than this tiny establishment. Ohashi Kobo creates ...

Toriiwaro

Restaurants & Cafés  |  Sep 22 2009

Every day, 30 chicken carcasses are simmered for eight hours to make the broth for the next ...

Ryoan-ji

Recommended
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

The Ryoan-ji complex occupies 50 ha at the foot of the Kitayama mountains, but it’s famous for ...

Metro

Recommended
Clubs  |  Sep 22 2009

When it opened in 1990, Metro was the only choice for serious clubbers in Kyoto or Osaka. These ...

Nakahigashi

Recommended
Restaurants & Cafés  |  Sep 22 2009

The most sought-after seats in Kyoto are found at the eponymous kaiseki restaurant of Hisao ...

Kansou

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Restaurants & Cafés  |  Sep 22 2009

Fancy some tinned bear? Take a look at the snack menu, made of a collection of cans on Kansou’s ...

Heian Jingu

Recommended Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Gion Corner

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Art & Leisure  |  Sep 22 2009

This crash course in Japanese culture squeezes seven traditional art performances into less ...

Dalia

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Clubs  |  Sep 22 2009

The most welcoming gay bar in Kyoto is a Barbarella-meets-Fisher Price lounge that thrives on ...

Yachibe

Shops  |  Sep 22 2009

Bucking the trend of machiyas getting slick makeovers, the owners of this clothing store have ...

Sfera Archive/Sfera Shop

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Shops  |  Sep 22 2009

The Sfera Building, designed by Swedish group Claesson Koivisto Rune in 2003, is an oasis of ...

Sfera Bar Satonaka

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Restaurants & Cafés  |  Sep 22 2009

Gion’s best cocktail bars often serve up frosty receptions to foreign faces. Satonaka doesn’t. ...

Kyouen

Restaurants & Cafés  |  Sep 22 2009

An American landscape designer used glistening pools, raked gravel, bamboo plants and other ...

Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Check the artwork in the entrance to see whether the current exhibition at this five-floor ...

Kiyomizu-dera

Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Kongo Nohgakudo

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Art & Leisure  |  Sep 22 2009

The Kongo Noh school, one of the nation’s big five, has been performing for 26 generations. ...

Yoramu Sake Bar

Recommended
Restaurants & Cafés  |  Sep 22 2009

If you want to explore sake but haven’t a clue where to begin, this is your place. The Israeli ...

Risei

Restaurants & Cafés  |  Sep 22 2009

Even Korean food is gently seasoned in Kyoto. Risei goes easy on spices and lets the beef and ...

Stavecation

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Shops  |  Sep 22 2009

It began life as a skater-influenced streetwear boutique, but this store has soared upmarket ...

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