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

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

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

Kyoto-ites will argue about the best green tea, but elsewhere in Japan one brand reins supreme ...

Chef Yoshimi Tanigawa made a national splash with a 2001 triumph on the Iron Chef TV show. His ...

Top-grade Japanese beef usually commands sky-high prices, but Hafuu is run by a veteran Kyoto ...

This century-old building began life as a kimono store, but the interior was revamped in 2002, ...

When Emperor Go-Mizuno retired in the 17th century, a new palace was constructed for him in the ...

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

Kyoto’s oldest Noh theatre was built in 1908, and had its last major refurbishment nine years ...

Before the emperor moved to Tokyo, the palace grounds housed more than 200 estates for court ...

This 40-seater live music venue is incredibly intimate, if a bit sterile. It feels like the ...

For people who take their clubbing seriously, here’s a big, black dancefloor with little to ...

It’s not just green tea that gets the ceremonial treatment in Japan. The classical art of kodo ...

Women are spoiled for choice when buying kimono in Kyoto; men have to look a little harder. The ...

In a delightful store with a small garden, kimono stylist Motoko Morita will help you team a ...

When Japan hosted the 2008 G8 Summit, the leaders’ wives all received a Kanoko kimono sash. ...

Kyoto designer Masaki Tokuda has a fascination with faces, adding smiles and sulks to ...

Rei Kawakubo designed this store, along with the avant-garde fashion that fills it. A curving ...