Kyoto cuisine feels different when it is served at a local dining table instead of a restaurant counter. In Emika’s […]
Kyoto is easy to reach from Osaka, but seeing several major sights in one day can be tiring when you
A private ride from Kansai International Airport can save you from a tired first negotiation with Japan’s trains, signs, and
Kyoto’s best-known sights are at their most enjoyable early in the morning, and this 7:00 am small-group tour uses that
Nijo Castle is more than a handsome former residence. It is a place where samurai power, shogun rule, and imperial
Amanohashidate is the star here: a long pine-covered sandbar that seems to form a bridge across Miyazu Bay. From Viewland,
A large cotton cloth turns into a snowflake-patterned furoshiki at the Kyoto Shibori Museum, just a five-minute walk from Nijo
Gion after sunset is the point of this tour. Lanterns glow along narrow lanes, wooden machiya houses frame the streets,
A lump of clay becomes a small Japanese roof guardian in this hands-on workshop at Kawarakoubouyouya. You shape the demon
Amanohashidate gives this day out its big moment: a pine-covered sandbar stretching across a bay, viewed from the water and