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Kyoto treasures hidden by snow: You won’t want to miss this beautiful...
Earlier last month when Kyoto was blanketed with deliciously photo-friendly snow, hundreds of truly serene pictures of world-famous Kinkaku Temple flooded the Internet. However, Kyoto’s beauty isn’t...
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View beautiful photos of Kyoto’s Kiyomizu Temple any time on their new...
Kiyomizu Temple is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Higashiyama, Kyoto. Kiyomizu, which means “pure water,” takes its name from the waterfall which runs off the nearby hillside. However, it is...
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First Kit Kat Chocolatery shop with cafe opens in Kyoto! New Chocolatery...
Chocolate lovers around Japan were understandably thrilled when the Kit Kat Chocolatery, the world’s first Kit Kat specialty store, opened in the Seibu Ikebukuro Department Store about a year ago. Of...
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Kyoto’s amazing mechanized underground bike parking system is even more...
Compared to Tokyo, Japan’s former capital, Kyoto, is fairly compact. Most of the commercial development is clustered around Kyoto Station, with a ring of temples, gardens, and other historical sites...
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Staggered by historical preservation survey costs, Kyoto turns to anime girls...
With over 300,000 people piling into its trains each day, you’d think the Kyoto Municipal Subway would be sitting pretty financially. That’s actually not the case, though. The city’s status as the...
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Here’s what Kyoto’s subway looks like plastered with anime girls
As we recently reported, the bigwigs at the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau got together a while back and had a little brainstorming session regarding how to convince more people to use the...
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Strapped for cash, 1,400-year-old Kyoto shrine leasing part of its grounds...
One of the things that makes Japan such a compelling place is the country’s long cultural history. The upkeep of centuries-old buildings can be extremely expensive, however, especially since...
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Experience Japanese culture in a new way, inside a glass teahouse at an...
Imagine yourself nearly floating in the sky, surrounded by green trees and fluffy clouds. Now you sip some green tea and feel completely at peace. Does this sound too good to be true? It isn’t,...
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Nine things that may shatter your dreams of living in Kyoto
Kyoto now welcomes 50 million tourists a year who come to experience Japan’s traditional culture and architecture, plus catch a glimpse of the city’s famed geisha. But, as anyone who lives in a...
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Timeless beauty: Color video of 1930s Kyoto shows how women of the day got...
There’s something almost magical about old videos. They’re like looking through a magic mirror with bad reception into the past. It kind of makes you wonder what people in a few hundred years will...
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These three Kyoto sushi restaurants target women, but we think everyone will...
Sushi is one of those foods that really grabs the imagination. Whether you’re in a kaiten-zushi joint in Akihabara or one of the $300-a-meal restaurants you read about in the news, there’s something...
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Heading to a Shinto shrine soon? You might not want to read these ghost...
If you’re spending even a short amount of time in Japan, visiting at least one Buddhist temple and one Shinto shrine should definitely be on your list. It doesn’t matter too much which one you go to —...
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Mother Duck and her 14 ducklings stroll the streets of Kyoto to get home...
Why did the chicken cross the road? We don’t know, we don’t speak Chicken. But we do know why the ducks in Kyoto cross the road. To get to the Kamo River! Don’t be mistaken, we don’t speak Duck...
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Kyoto’s newest anime mascot has a stinky name, is worried about garbage, and...
The Japanese are rather enthusiastic when it comes to recycling. In most Japanese cities, domestic waste has to be separated into a minimum of three categories: combustable “raw” garbage, recyclable...
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Japan’s 30 best travel destinations, as chosen by overseas visitors
Just in time for the peak summer travel season, website TripAdvisor has released its annual list of the highest-rated spots in Japan from its foreign users. With 30 amazing locations on the list,...
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Patrick Schwarzenegger comes under fire in Japan after pranking stranger at...
Twenty-one-year-old Patrick Schwarzenegger is currently visiting Japan with his famous mother Maria Shriver, and has so far enjoyed a dip in a traditional hot spring, faced off with a sumo wrestler...
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A beautiful and glittering Kyoto confection perfect for enjoying a starry...
If you’ve never tried traditional Japanese sweets, you will find that they are certainly very different from those in the west. They are not as sweet and are often made of mochi, azuki bean paste,...
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Japan’s 10 best restaurants, as chosen by foreign travelers
People travel to Japan for all sorts of different reasons. Many are seeking a taste of tradition and history, and plan visits to the country’s most important shrines and castles. Some are drawn by...
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Kyoto Gakuen University entices students with TV ads featuring official anime...
Thinking of applying for higher education in Japan but don’t know where to start? We’re sending our applications off to Kyoto Gakuen University, the education providers with an official anime...
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Modern dance and kimono: This will be the coolest dance video you see all day!
As you’ve probably guessed, we’re fans of modern dance, from World Order to enthusiastic otaku to Kenichi Ebina. Of course, traditional dance is very cool as well, but we have to admit we have a...
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