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A record store at the front, selling hiphop, house, soul and nu jazz on vinyl, draws DJs and ...

Kyoto’s oldest soba restaurant began life in 1465 as a confectionery store. Gradually, its ...

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

Mr Sawaguchi was 55 years old when he wound down the family greengrocer business and converted ...

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

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

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

Tea master Sen no Rikyu was one of the early admirers of raku-yaki, the ceramics of the Raku ...

A treat for fans of ninja films, this former inn is packed with hidden passages, secret ...

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

You don’t need to be a manga fan to be charmed by this vast but endearing museum, with a ...

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

Although this single-room museum contains just a handful of exhibits, it’s a free and fun ...