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Crypto-Christian artworks and the Jesuit bell of Kyoto’s first church are the unlikely ...

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

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

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

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

Japan loves to rank its attractions, and since the 14th century Nanzen-ji has been rated the ...

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 ...

Eikan-do calls itself ‘the Temple of Maple Leaves’, but that’s a little modest for a complex ...

Before there was Kyoto, there was Gion Temple, established in 656. By the mid tenth century, ...

A monzeki temple, meaning the head priest has to be of imperial blood, Shoren-in has been home ...

This museum covers the characters and details of the Meiji Restoration, when the Shogunate was ...

The main reason to visit the old home of Yasuyuki Namikawa (1845-1927) is to see examples of ...

Though best known for a shidarezakura (weeping cherry tree) that lures visitors galore in ...

Check the artwork in the entrance to see whether the current exhibition at this five-floor ...

When Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the warrior who unified Japan, died in 1598, his grieving widow Nene ...

If you only visit one temple in Kyoto, make it this World Heritage behemoth. From the balcony ...

Japan loves to rank its attractions, and Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple has been deemed the city’s ...