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This friendly restaurant on Pontocho provides glorious views of the Kamo river and serves ...

From wireless internet to shoe-dryers to two fully equipped kitchens, this backpacker hostel ...

Kyoto’s most attractive live venue opened back in 1973, in what was once a sake brewery. And it ...

The Ryoan-ji complex occupies 50 ha at the foot of the Kitayama mountains, but it’s famous for ...

This avant-garde venue puts on entertainment ranging from local noise bands to an abstract mime ...

It began life as a skater-influenced streetwear boutique, but this store has soared upmarket ...

For people who take their clubbing seriously, here’s a big, black dancefloor with little to ...

This beautiful two-storey house has been welcoming guests since 1873. The hospitality is ...

Even though Ishihara was famously the favourite inn of cinema legend Akira Kurosawa, there are ...

Much has been written about Hiiragiya since it opened in 1861, usually rich with superlatives. ...

The thin tower of ferroconcrete doesn’t promise much, but ring the doorbell and the bright red ...

Run by the same folks as Kyoto’s Lab Tribe, Triangle is a cosy three-storey club with a rooftop ...

There was a time when Osakans travelled to Kyoto for clubbing. Now, it’s the other way around, ...

Once a sake brewhouse, now one of the city’s most popular live venues, Taku Taku has hosted ...

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

Technically it’s a sento (Japanese bathhouse) rather than an onsen (hot spring) since the heat ...

For martial art fans or wannabe warriors, this is where you’ll find all the swords, knives, gi, ...

When it opened in 1990, Metro was the only choice for serious clubbers in Kyoto or Osaka. These ...

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