10 Yomei-en Chinese Garden Cathy Cawood A Chinese style garden with a pretty red pagoda, a pond and a dragon-topped wall can be found in Takashima's Adogawa-cho in S...
A Walk through Nishiki Market Roxanne L W Nishiki Market is the best place in Kyoto to try delicious local specialities. Walking through you will find shops with kitch...
Culture St Agnes Anglican Cathedral Kyoto Bonson Lam St Agnes Cathedral is a story of modern day Kyoto, a story of faith and the uniting of the two cultures in Kyoto today, that ...
Culture Todaiji Temple in Nara Stefanus Husin The largest wooden structure in the world and iconic landmark of Nara city.
7 Autumn Foliage of Eikando, Kyoto: 3 Masayoshi Hirose The autumn maple trees at Eikando are well-known throughout Japan, but the yellow fallen leaves of the ginkgo trees here are ...
A Day in Nara Jillian Engelhard Fosten Nara is a perfect day out if you are in Osaka and Kyoto. Being about an hour from both locations, it is worth taking a trip t...
10 Autumn Colors of Ohara Sanzen-in: 1 Masayoshi Hirose I remembered the beautiful autumn foliage of Ohara Sanzen-in and though I knew it would be crowded I went to see it. I was to...
Midnight In Gion Connie Ng If Woody Allen made a rendition of Midnight In Kyoto, no doubt it would be set against Gion’s alley ways. While the shadows o...
6 The World of Food in Osaka Jillian Engelhard Fosten Enjoy Osaka's finest food from grilled octopus to battered pig.
9 View of Kyoto City from Shogunzuka Cathy Cawood The carpark of Shogunzuka at the top of Higashiyama Driveway offers one of the best views of Kyoto City.
