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Kyoto Color Guide

Kyoto Color Guide

Veronica Carnevale

Kyoto Prefecture is renowned for its traditional Japanese culture, temples, shrines, charming countryside, exquisite food, an...

Kyoto
Tottori's Jinpukaku

Tottori's Jinpukaku

Kim

Tottori's Jinpukaku is a European-style two storied building, which was constructed over eight months starting in September o...

Tottori
Sapporo Lilac Season

Sapporo Lilac Season

Kim

The Sapporo Lilac Festival has been an annual event since 1959, and a year later, lilacs were designated as the city's offici...

Hokkaido
Maru: a Circle

Maru: a Circle

Elena Lisina

Maru, or a circle, is encountered quite often in Japan – on the country's flag, at Shinto shrines and the sumo ring, and also...