Culture Ginkaku-ji Silver Pavilion Kyoto Abby Rodriguez Gingaku-ji lies at the foot of the Eastern Mountain (Higashiyama). It's founder, Ashigaka Yoshimasa intended to spend most o...
Culture Sento Imperial Palace in Kyoto Alena Eckelmann Sento Imperial Palace and Omiya Imperial Palace
14 Culture Kizakura Kappa Museum Cathy Cawood Sake Brewery in Fushimi, Kyoto has a small museum with Japanese water goblin artifacts and a collection of artwork featuring ...
Culture Kyoto's Kitano-Tenmangu Shozo Fujii This enshrined deity of scholarship helps those wishing to pass examinations.
Culture Gozan no Okuribi (Mountain Bonfire) 2024 Karen Zheng Believed to be dated back to the 13th century, Gozan no Okuribi is an annual traditional event that takes place annually on A...
Culture Cupid of Japan: Kyoto Jishu Shrine Karen Zheng Located behind the renowned Kiyomizu-dera, Jishu Shrine is revered as “the Cupid of Japan”. Within its compound, Jishu Shrine...
Culture Kamigamo Shrine: A Place of Healing Tomoko Kamishima HEALING SPOT: Kamigamo Shrine is known for its strong healing power. And before Kyoto became capital of Japan, it was already...
Culture Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Bonson Lam While Kyoto is usually associated with Ukiyo e and Rinpa art, it has rapidly developed a reputation as the capital of interna...
9 Culture Exotic Beauty of Kin-gyu-in Larry Knipfing At Kin-gyu-in, the outer gate was open. Nobody was there; the inner gate was closed. I turned back to leave when something ca...