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

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 ...

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

Built during the 12th century for emperor-turned-monk Go-Shirakawa, Sanjusangen-do has several ...

Forgive this hotel its name: the ‘Apartotel’ is one of the most stylish rental abodes in the ...

One look at the map ought to dissuade you from staying here. The Utano is tucked away in the ...

Chourakukan is best known as a historic dining complex that serves European fare in Rococo and ...

Kyoto’s first boutique hotel is a playground of modern design with 13 unique rooms from 13 ...

Kyoto’s most foreigner-friendly ryokan has English-speaking staff who can point guests in the ...

The Okura claims to be the oldest hotel in Kyoto, but since it was razed and rebuilt in the ...

Ryokan owners like to talk of their inns as family homes, and Yoshikawa may be the most ...

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 ...

For the last five years, the Iori company has been turning classic townhouses into luxury ...

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

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

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 ...