Before there was Kyoto, there was Gion Temple, established in 656. By the mid tenth century, ...
Japanese whisky has been booming in the last decade, winning medals and market share worldwide. ...
Emperor Go-mizuno abdicated his throne at the tender age of 34 to focus on aesthetic pursuits, ...
Even though it’s a trek to reach from the city centre, this World Heritage site is worth the ...
In the Nishijin weaving district, where a fabric auction house once stood, this multi-storey ...
When Emperor Hanazono officially achieved enlightenment, his villa was converted into a Zen ...
Although Kyoto held the imperial seat for more than a millennium, the ‘Old Imperial Palace’ ...
Three galleries and a select store make up this Tadao Ando-esque concrete complex. Each gallery ...
Uji’s other World Heritage site plays second fiddle to the more dazzling Byodo-in, but it’s ...
Museum is too grand a name for a building that touts a ‘rest area’ as one of its main ...
A political conflict saw Heian period statesman Sugawara no Michizane demoted to a menial ...
What this museum lacks in depth, it makes up for in breadth, with introductions to every ...
Though best known for a shidarezakura (weeping cherry tree) that lures visitors galore in ...
One of the city’s best contemporary art spaces, Galerie 16 has been running since 1962. In ...
Before the emperor moved to Tokyo, the palace grounds housed more than 200 estates for court ...
Perhaps the greatest garden in Kyoto. As you stroll through the 7ha site, an enchanting ...
You may have seen the photographs of Fushimi Inari, but you won’t be prepared for the scale of ...
Textiles, video art, installations, sculpture and even paintings are shown at this three-room ...
Known locally as ‘Ebessan’, this shrine was established in 1202 as a guardian of Kennin-ji. It ...
It’s less mesmerising than most of its World Heritage peers, but this shrine is historic ...
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