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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 ...

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

On autumn evenings, when the long ascent to this temple is framed by maple leaves and lit by ...

At least you can be sure that you’ll get a good bowl of matcha at Urasenke, Japan’s leading ...

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

When Emperor Hanazono officially achieved enlightenment, his villa was converted into a Zen ...

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

The name ‘white room’ suggests an archetypical modern art gallery: an open, symmetrical cube. ...

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. ...

In 1903, the year before the Russo-Japanese War, four leaders gathered to plan foreign policy ...

What this museum lacks in depth, it makes up for in breadth, with introductions to every ...

It may be Japan’s second largest zoo, but it’s rather a sorry home for around 700 beasts. The ...

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 ...