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Dining with maiko is a typical Kyoto experience that few visitors get to try. Securing their ...

Double bills of second-run movies are the speciality of this half-century-old cinema, but in ...

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

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

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

An American landscape designer used glistening pools, raked gravel, bamboo plants and other ...

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

Prince Charles once dined at this historic shabu shabu restaurant. It’s one of several ...

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

A top sushi restaurant in a traditional Gion machiya is never going to be cheap, but at least ...

One of Japan’s few celebrity chefs, and the only one known for Italian fare, Yasuhiro Sasajima ...

On your pilgrimage to the nearby mega-temples, stop here for some uniquely Japanese desserts. ...

This museum covers the characters and details of the Meiji Restoration, when the Shogunate was ...

Check the artwork in the entrance to see whether the current exhibition at this five-floor ...

If you only visit one temple in Kyoto, make it this World Heritage behemoth. From the balcony ...

The entrance to Chion-in, the head temple of Buddhism’s Jodo sect, is as imposing as it is ...

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

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

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