Culture Hanezu Odori Dance Festival 2025 Late Mar Hanezu, the colour of plum blossom. The pink is so surreal in the paintings, it is other worldly, almost referring to some Buddhist..
Culture The Star Festival 2024 May 18th - May 19th The Star Festival has been running since 2012, and takes place at Stihl no Mori in Kyoto. The two-day event allows visitors to camp..
Transportation Japan Rail Tokai Flex Pass Featured The Flex Ticket is a new travel package for international visitors, incorporating a return ticket between the major cities in Tokyo..
9 Food Sarasa Nishijin Shinobu Ishikawa An 80-year-old bathhouse is transformed into a cafe, whilst retaining its features reminiscent of Hayao Miyazaki's Academy Award..
Food % Arabica in Higashiyama, Kyoto Tom Roseveare Enjoy specialty coffee at Arabica Kyoto – a stylish, artisanal third-wave coffee shop found in Kyoto's downtown Higashiyam..
Accommodation Hotel SOWAKA Japan Travel Enjoy a luxury getaway at Hotel SOWAKA, tucked away in Kyoto's Gion district just moments away from Yasaka Shrine.
Accommodation Hotel Canata Kyoto Japan Travel HOTEL CANATA KYOTO offers 16 contemporary styled rooms within a stone's throw of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Nijo Ca..
Culture At the Center of Kyoto Arlene Bastion Rokkakudo manages to reveal many different things in a small space, telling of romance, flowers, myth, religion, history.