You don’t need to be a manga fan to be charmed by this vast but endearing museum, with a ...
Tea master Sen no Rikyu was one of the early admirers of raku-yaki, the ceramics of the Raku ...
Uji’s other World Heritage site plays second fiddle to the more dazzling Byodo-in, but it’s ...
To appreciate just how powerful the Fujiwara family was during the eighth century, head first ...
Japanese whisky has been booming in the last decade, winning medals and market share worldwide. ...
One of the tenets of the ‘new religion’ Church of World Messianity is that art and beauty can ...
On autumn evenings, when the long ascent to this temple is framed by maple leaves and lit by ...
The oldest and most famous of Myoshin-ji’s sub-temples is renowned for its tranquil gardens. A ...
The Ryoan-ji complex occupies 50 ha at the foot of the Kitayama mountains, but it’s famous for ...
Painter and sculptor Insho Domoto (1891-1975) built his own museum in 1966, and he clearly ...
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 ...
Kodai-ji’s next-door neighbour is a 24m-high concrete bodhisattva that towers over a small ...
The main reason to visit the old home of Yasuyuki Namikawa (1845-1927) is to see examples of ...
Check the artwork in the entrance to see whether the current exhibition at this five-floor ...
One of the city’s best contemporary art spaces, Galerie 16 has been running since 1962. In ...
The entrance to Chion-in, the head temple of Buddhism’s Jodo sect, is as imposing as it is ...
A treat for fans of ninja films, this former inn is packed with hidden passages, secret ...
Built in 1603 as the Kyoto stronghold of shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, Nijo Castle occupies vast ...
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