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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, ...

Nowhere takes chopsticks more seriously than this tiny establishment. Ohashi Kobo creates ...

You will find better, more authentic handicrafts elsewhere, but nothing like the variety. This ...

The highlight of Kyoto’s street of antique stores is this enormous six-room townhouse, crammed ...

Bucking the trend of machiyas getting slick makeovers, the owners of this clothing store have ...

The granddaddy of shichimi (Japanese ‘seven spice’) shops has been trading here since the mid ...

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

Matcha-coated coffee beans and pickled plum-flavoured peanuts are among the treats at this ...

Back when Kyoto was divided into blocks of merchants, this area specialised in crafting bamboo. ...

Cotton wholesaler Eirakuya was established in 1615, and almost four centuries later, the ...

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

The store looks brand new, but it has been in business for two decades, selling antique ...

A manufacturer of parts for aircraft and bullet trains uses its metalwork expertise to produce ...

It’s not just green tea that gets the ceremonial treatment in Japan. The classical art of kodo ...

Women are spoiled for choice when buying kimono in Kyoto; men have to look a little harder. The ...

In a delightful store with a small garden, kimono stylist Motoko Morita will help you team a ...

When Japan hosted the 2008 G8 Summit, the leaders’ wives all received a Kanoko kimono sash. ...

Kyoto designer Masaki Tokuda has a fascination with faces, adding smiles and sulks to ...