This major league attraction doesn’t make things easy for visitors. You’ll need to apply in ...
The scenic garden of a World Heritage site is a wonderful backdrop to this eaterie. Guests sit ...
The Ryoan-ji complex occupies 50 ha at the foot of the Kitayama mountains, but it’s famous for ...
When it opened in 1990, Metro was the only choice for serious clubbers in Kyoto or Osaka. These ...
The most sought-after seats in Kyoto are found at the eponymous kaiseki restaurant of Hisao ...
To mark its 1,100th birthday, Kyoto built itself an enormous shrine, complete with a 24m-high ...
This crash course in Japanese culture squeezes seven traditional art performances into less ...
The most welcoming gay bar in Kyoto is a Barbarella-meets-Fisher Price lounge that thrives on ...
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 ...
Prince Charles once dined at this historic shabu shabu restaurant. It’s one of several ...
In a delightful store with a small garden, kimono stylist Motoko Morita will help you team a ...
It’s less mesmerising than most of its World Heritage peers, but this shrine is historic ...
This long black room began life as a members-only club and home of DJ legends Kyoto Jazz ...
It began life as a skater-influenced streetwear boutique, but this store has soared upmarket ...
One look at the map ought to dissuade you from staying here. The Utano is tucked away in the ...
Even though Ishihara was famously the favourite inn of cinema legend Akira Kurosawa, there are ...
Readers of Conde Nast Traveller voted the Hyatt Regency the best hotel in Kyoto (and Japan’s ...
The thin tower of ferroconcrete doesn’t promise much, but ring the doorbell and the bright red ...
The Granvia has one great advantage to brag about, over other hotels: most of the city’s buses, ...
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