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

This temple, south-west of Kyoto Station, boasts one of Japan’s top-rated Zen gardens, as well ...

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

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

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

It’s quite a trek from anywhere, but this sake store is by far the best in the city. Owner ...

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

The scenic garden of a World Heritage site is a wonderful backdrop to this eaterie. Guests sit ...

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

A political conflict saw Heian period statesman Sugawara no Michizane demoted to a menial ...

Fancy some tinned bear? Take a look at the snack menu, made of a collection of cans on Kansou’s ...

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 ...

Although the sign suggests that it’s a members-only bar, that’s just to prevent any straight ...

The Sfera Building, designed by Swedish group Claesson Koivisto Rune in 2003, is an oasis of ...

Top local designers and architects turn their hands to Disney merchandise.

Lacquerware brand Oku launched in 2006 with a range of voluptuous designs that fuse traditional ...

Prince Charles once dined at this historic shabu shabu restaurant. It’s one of several ...

One of Japan’s few celebrity chefs, and the only one known for Italian fare, Yasuhiro Sasajima ...