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 ...
When it opened in 1990, Metro was the only choice for serious clubbers in Kyoto or Osaka. These ...
The most sought-after seats in Kyoto are found at the eponymous kaiseki restaurant of Hisao ...
Fancy some tinned bear? Take a look at the snack menu, made of a collection of cans on Kansou’s ...
A big, grey box designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Fumihiko Maki is the unbecoming home of ...
Japan loves to rank its attractions, and since the 14th century Nanzen-ji has been rated the ...
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 ...
You will find better, more authentic handicrafts elsewhere, but nothing like the variety. This ...
Menzo is famous for three things: enormous lunchtime queues, divine noodles and a handsome ...
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, ...
The Philosopher’s Path is lined with countless cafes, but this is the pick of the bunch. A ...
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. ...
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