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It’s less mesmerising than most of its World Heritage peers, but this shrine is historic ...

Kyoto's most exciting attractions

Paris has the Eiffel Tower and Tokyo has the Tokyo Tower, so Osaka had to build the 91m-high ...

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

Museum is too grand a name for a building that touts a ‘rest area’ as one of its main ...

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. ...

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

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

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

Togetsu-kyo has inspired photo-graphers and poets for centuries. Its name, which literally ...

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

A political conflict saw Heian period statesman Sugawara no Michizane demoted to a menial ...

A big, grey box designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Fumihiko Maki is the unbecoming home of ...

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

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

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 ...

A treat for fans of ninja films, this former inn is packed with hidden passages, secret ...