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What this museum lacks in depth, it makes up for in breadth, with introductions to every ...

It may be Japan’s second largest zoo, but it’s rather a sorry home for around 700 beasts. The ...

The ‘City of Kyoto’ is listed as the official architect of this monumental building. If so, the ...

Three generations of the Hosomi family built an extraordinary private collection of Japanese ...

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 ...

Eikan-do calls itself ‘the Temple of Maple Leaves’, but that’s a little modest for a complex ...

The setting can’t be faulted: the 501-room Westin sits against a verdant mountain and boasts ...

The ‘Kampo’ Museum is named after Kampo Harada, the most eminent calligrapher of the 20th ...