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Some ryokan refuse foreign guests, others welcome them. This one insists on them: since the ...

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

Menzo is famous for three things: enormous lunchtime queues, divine noodles and a handsome ...

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

For some, Hyotei is the best restaurant in Kyoto. For others, it’s overhyped, overpriced and ...

If you’ve visited Kyoto’s major temples and palaces, you’ll have seen the art of Kansetsu ...

The unusual cafe hours reflect this spot’s role as an unofficial chill-out space for nightclub ...

The name ‘white room’ suggests an archetypical modern art gallery: an open, symmetrical cube. ...

A big, grey box designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Fumihiko Maki is the unbecoming home of ...

While Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion lives up to its dazzling name, Ginkaku-ji (the Silver ...

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 ...

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

Like all good magnates, the founder of the Nomura financial conglomerate had a passion for art. ...

Japan loves to rank its attractions, and since the 14th century Nanzen-ji has been rated the ...

In 1903, the year before the Russo-Japanese War, four leaders gathered to plan foreign policy ...

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 ...

One night it’s a rock bar, the next it’s a jazz club, or perhaps a house of blues. Zac Baran ...