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This major league attraction doesn’t make things easy for visitors. You’ll need to apply in ...

Like so much of Kyoto, Zen temple Daitoku-ji was destroyed in the Onin War (1467-77). The monk ...

The Ryoan-ji complex occupies 50 ha at the foot of the Kitayama mountains, but it’s famous for ...

To mark its 1,100th birthday, Kyoto built itself an enormous shrine, complete with a 24m-high ...

The temple etched into the back of every ¥10 coin has more national treasures than any temple ...

The origins of this Tendai sect temple date back to 985. The buildings that now comprise this ...

One of the tenets of the ‘new religion’ Church of World Messianity is that art and beauty can ...

You may have seen the photographs of Fushimi Inari, but you won’t be prepared for the scale of ...

The oldest and most famous of Myoshin-ji’s sub-temples is renowned for its tranquil gardens. A ...

In the Nishijin weaving district, where a fabric auction house once stood, this multi-storey ...

Kyoto’s most iconic structure is a three-storey pavilion that literally dazzles visitors when ...

Painter and sculptor Insho Domoto (1891-1975) built his own museum in 1966, and he clearly ...

It’s easy to see why philosopher Kitaro Nishida chose this route for his meditative strolls. ...

Like all good magnates, the founder of the Nomura financial conglomerate had a passion for art. ...

The ‘City of Kyoto’ is listed as the official architect of this monumental building. If so, the ...

Three generations of the Hosomi family built an extraordinary private collection of Japanese ...

While Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion lives up to its dazzling name, Ginkaku-ji (the Silver ...

Kodai-ji’s next-door neighbour is a 24m-high concrete bodhisattva that towers over a small ...

A former branch of the Bank of Japan, the building is arguably more impressive than its ...