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This crash course in Japanese culture squeezes seven traditional art performances into less ...

The name might suggest a corny revue, but Whoopee’s is actually a bunker for bands and DJs ...

Although the sign suggests that it’s a members-only bar, that’s just to prevent any straight ...

The most welcoming gay bar in Kyoto is a Barbarella-meets-Fisher Price lounge that thrives on ...

The highlight of Kyoto’s street of antique stores is this enormous six-room townhouse, crammed ...

Bucking the trend of machiyas getting slick makeovers, the owners of this clothing store have ...

The granddaddy of shichimi (Japanese ‘seven spice’) shops has been trading here since the mid ...

Cotton wholesaler Eirakuya was established in 1615, and almost four centuries later, the ...

Top local designers and architects turn their hands to Disney merchandise.

Like so many Kyoto restaurants, Yorozuya has built its business on the reputation of one ...

Tsujiri Honten used to be as famous for its queue as for its green tea and desserts. At peak ...

Gion’s best cocktail bars often serve up frosty receptions to foreign faces. Satonaka doesn’t. ...

Everything about this beautiful restaurant is utterly Japanese, from the cushion seats to the ...

Lacquerware brand Oku launched in 2006 with a range of voluptuous designs that fuse traditional ...

Shinbashi Dori is one of Kyoto’s most romantic streets, lined with quaint wooden buildings, ...

Yoshihiro Murata is the Gordon Ramsay of Japanese cuisine. From TV shows to newspaper columns ...

Issen Yoshoku is a local legend. An oversized menu unfolds to offer just a single dish: a kind ...

For 300 years, this restaurant in Maruyama Park has survived on one simple recipe - cod and ...

Japan’s most Zen city still has several restaurants that serve the monks’ traditional meatless ...