This major league attraction doesn’t make things easy for visitors. You’ll need to apply in ...
This temple, south-west of Kyoto Station, boasts one of Japan’s top-rated Zen gardens, as well ...
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 ...
World Heritage site Toji is best known for its landmark pagoda, Japan’s tallest, but is also ...
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, ...
One of the tenets of the ‘new religion’ Church of World Messianity is that art and beauty can ...
In any other city this would be a major attraction: 12,000 plants occupying 24ha, with ...
Even though it’s a trek to reach from the city centre, this World Heritage site is worth the ...
Like so much of Kyoto, Zen temple Daitoku-ji was destroyed in the Onin War (1467-77). The monk ...
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