You don’t need to be a manga fan to be charmed by this vast but endearing museum, with a ...
The Okura claims to be the oldest hotel in Kyoto, but since it was razed and rebuilt in the ...
This beautiful two-storey house has been welcoming guests since 1873. The hospitality is ...
It’s Universal Studios with samurai but without the rides in this movie-set theme park from ...
This major league attraction doesn’t make things easy for visitors. You’ll need to apply in ...
Kyoto’s most attractive live venue opened back in 1973, in what was once a sake brewery. And it ...
The scenic garden of a World Heritage site is a wonderful backdrop to this eaterie. Guests sit ...
Matcha-coated coffee beans and pickled plum-flavoured peanuts are among the treats at this ...
The store looks brand new, but it has been in business for two decades, selling antique ...
Gion’s best cocktail bars often serve up frosty receptions to foreign faces. Satonaka doesn’t. ...
Prince Charles once dined at this historic shabu shabu restaurant. It’s one of several ...
Issen Yoshoku is a local legend. An oversized menu unfolds to offer just a single dish: a kind ...
If you want to explore sake but haven’t a clue where to begin, this is your place. The Israeli ...
It’s less mesmerising than most of its World Heritage peers, but this shrine is historic ...
If your friends back home won’t put up with receiving tourist tat as souvenirs, this is the ...
This neighbourhood has changed dramatically during the century since Funahashiya opened, with a ...
One look at the map ought to dissuade you from staying here. The Utano is tucked away in the ...
Kyoto’s most foreigner-friendly ryokan has English-speaking staff who can point guests in the ...
Ryokan owners like to talk of their inns as family homes, and Yoshikawa may be the most ...
Readers of Conde Nast Traveller voted the Hyatt Regency the best hotel in Kyoto (and Japan’s ...
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