Avoid the crowds of Kyoto at this underrated Japanese city, where you can discover stunning gardens, preserved traditional ...

The city of Kyoto is known as Japan's cultural and spiritual capital. It's for good reason: Kyoto has hundreds of Buddhist ...

Comic Market, or Comiket as it is widely known, is the world's largest comic festival. It takes place twice every year at Tokyo Big Sight in Japan. The most recent one, Comiket 92, took place last ...

A flute case used by a friend who is a musician for Kyoto’s Gion Festival. A wooden fan carried by a referee at the grand sumo tournament. When Kondo envisions how these maki-e items will continue to ...

Six Senses Kyoto ushers in a new era of luxury travel in Japan, marking the brand's highly anticipated debut and its parent group IHG's grand plans in the coming years.

Funami-zaka is a steep slope in the harbour city of Otaru in Northern Japan. It’s famed for being featured in the 1995 Japanese film, Love Letter, and for it’s stunning views across the sea. But it’s ...

Shinji Aoba, 46, was sentenced to death by the Kyoto District Court in January 2024 for the attack that killed 36 people at the internationally famous animation production studio, after the court ...

According to #traveltok, Kyoto is chaos. Perhaps you have seen ... Parts of the iconic Gion district have become no-go areas, and you can’t walk 10 steps without seeing a sign that bans the ...

The district of Kurram, in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, has been under siege for the past three months due to the closure of the main Thal-Parachinar Road, a key route connecting the ...

Tourists visiting Kyoto can expect to pay higher hotel taxes in 2026 as the Japan city aims to mitigate the negative impacts of overtourism.