One night it’s a rock bar, the next it’s a jazz club, or perhaps a house of blues. Zac Baran ...
Some ryokan refuse foreign guests, others welcome them. This one insists on them: since the ...
It may be Japan’s second largest zoo, but it’s rather a sorry home for around 700 beasts. The ...
Eikan-do calls itself ‘the Temple of Maple Leaves’, but that’s a little modest for a complex ...
The ‘Kampo’ Museum is named after Kampo Harada, the most eminent calligrapher of the 20th ...
Menzo is famous for three things: enormous lunchtime queues, divine noodles and a handsome ...
It’s yakitori, but not as you know it. Forget about eating smoky shops with grizzled men ...
Fancy some tinned bear? Take a look at the snack menu, made of a collection of cans on Kansou’s ...
The unusual cafe hours reflect this spot’s role as an unofficial chill-out space for nightclub ...
Like all good magnates, the founder of the Nomura financial conglomerate had a passion for art. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kanze is Japan’s largest and Kyoto’s most prolific Noh school, and claims a direct line back to ...
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 ...
Sleepy Northern Higashiyama is the last place you’d expect to find a trendy cafe hosting ...
With great udon, low prices, a cheerful atmosphere and one of the city’s biggest attractions, ...
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