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

Perhaps the greatest garden in Kyoto. As you stroll through the 7ha site, an enchanting ...

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

Free of fences or cages, this animal-friendly park has almost 200 wild macaques (snow monkeys) ...

The oldest and most famous of Myoshin-ji’s sub-temples is renowned for its tranquil gardens. A ...

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

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 ...

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

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

While Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion lives up to its dazzling name, Ginkaku-ji (the Silver ...

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

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

Samurai helmets, swords and body armour are crammed into a huge townhouse in backstreet Gion. ...

One of the city’s best contemporary art spaces, Galerie 16 has been running since 1962. In ...

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

You don’t need to be a manga fan to be charmed by this vast but endearing museum, with a ...

The city’s most hands-on museum is one of its most charming. The friendly staff encourage you ...