Located in Kansai, Nara is considered to be the oldest city in Japan. It was the country's first permanent capital and played ...

The Anno Art Museum, located just outside the main town area of Tsuwano, offers a unique experience. It proudly exhibits the artworks of Mitsumasa Anno, a renowned illustrator born in Tsuwano.

The best times to visit Kyoto are from March to May and from September to November when the weather is the mildest. However, the blooming cherry blossoms in spring and the vibrant fall foliage are ...

The best way to get around Kyoto is by bus and on foot. The abundance of English-language signs and announcements make Kyoto's bus systems easy for visitors to navigate. But all those bus fares ...

KUHN: The museum triggers nostalgia for old Nintendo products among fan boys ... says Nintendo's silence partly reflects the culture of Kyoto, Japan's cultural and former imperial capital.

Among Kyoto’s myriad temples ... appears largely untouched. “Japan is so clean, so I was surprised to see grass and weeds growing all over the banks and the old buildings,” says Juan ...

Le Labo’s new Kyoto flagship store and cafe was designed by architect Jo Nagasaka to adapt a 145-year-old traditional townhouse, called a “machiya” in Japanese. Nagasaka, the principal of ...

Kyoto has long served as the cultural heartbeat of Japan going back centuries. Millions of tourists descend on the city each year to enjoy its Edo-style architecture, age-old onsens, historic ...

For more than a millennium, Kyoto ... Our Japanese whiskey was a good warm-up for the next day’s waterway-adjacent excursion, a sake brewery tour in the Fushimi district, south of town.

Kyoto will transfer to @sohoplace for a limited 16-week run from Thursday 9 January to Saturday 3 May 2025. Plus, learn more ...

As Japan continues to see record numbers of inbound foreign travelers, the concept of overtourism has become a hot topic, particularly in Kyoto, which receives an especially large portion of overseas ...

A 350-year-old Buddhist temple in Japan may have the best ramen in town. Hozoin Temple, in Kyoto prefecture in southeast Japan, boasts a rich history that dates back to 1669, and the temple’s ...