You don’t need to be a manga fan to be charmed by this vast but endearing museum, with a ...
Proud of its prominent role in the world’s oldest novel, Uji opened this dedicated museum in ...
Museum is too grand a name for a building that touts a ‘rest area’ as one of its main ...
Uji’s other World Heritage site plays second fiddle to the more dazzling Byodo-in, but it’s ...
One of Japan’s best-known castles, Osaka-jo was built to flaunt the power of warlord Hideyoshi ...
In 2004, Osaka razed its old National Museum of Art and replaced it with an eye-popping piece ...
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 ...
On autumn evenings, when the long ascent to this temple is framed by maple leaves and lit by ...
Kodai-ji’s next-door neighbour is a 24m-high concrete bodhisattva that towers over a small ...
If you only visit one temple in Kyoto, make it this World Heritage behemoth. From the balcony ...
It’s less mesmerising than most of its World Heritage peers, but this shrine is historic ...
One of the tenets of the ‘new religion’ Church of World Messianity is that art and beauty can ...
The oldest and most famous of Myoshin-ji’s sub-temples is renowned for its tranquil gardens. A ...
What this museum lacks in depth, it makes up for in breadth, with introductions to every ...
The main reason to visit the old home of Yasuyuki Namikawa (1845-1927) is to see examples of ...
Three galleries and a select store make up this Tadao Ando-esque concrete complex. Each gallery ...
The former home and atelier of master potter and sculptor Kanjiro Kawai is a museum of his ...
The temple etched into the back of every ¥10 coin has more national treasures than any temple ...
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