When it opened in 1990, Metro was the only choice for serious clubbers in Kyoto or Osaka. These ...
You will find better, more authentic handicrafts elsewhere, but nothing like the variety. This ...
The most sought-after seats in Kyoto are found at the eponymous kaiseki restaurant of Hisao ...
For some, Hyotei is the best restaurant in Kyoto. For others, it’s overhyped, overpriced and ...
To mark its 1,100th birthday, Kyoto built itself an enormous shrine, complete with a 24m-high ...
Menzo is famous for three things: enormous lunchtime queues, divine noodles and a handsome ...
It’s easy to see why philosopher Kitaro Nishida chose this route for his meditative strolls. ...
Like all good magnates, the founder of the Nomura financial conglomerate had a passion for art. ...
What this museum lacks in depth, it makes up for in breadth, with introductions to every ...
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 ...
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 ...
Some ryokan refuse foreign guests, others welcome them. This one insists on them: since the ...
Kanze is Japan’s largest and Kyoto’s most prolific Noh school, and claims a direct line back to ...
One night it’s a rock bar, the next it’s a jazz club, or perhaps a house of blues. Zac Baran ...
Sleepy Northern Higashiyama is the last place you’d expect to find a trendy cafe hosting ...
It’s yakitori, but not as you know it. Forget about eating smoky shops with grizzled men ...
With great udon, low prices, a cheerful atmosphere and one of the city’s biggest attractions, ...
Fancy some tinned bear? Take a look at the snack menu, made of a collection of cans on Kansou’s ...
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