KYOTO--The public will be offered rare access to temples, shrines and Buddhist statues normally closed off in the ancient ...

Banyan Tree Higashiyama is a full five-star escape that goes all-in with serenity, wellness and quiet wow-factor. Set among lush gardens and surrounded by a tranquil bamboo forest, the hotel feels ...

Tea House Senkutsu is reached after walking down a wide moss-covered pathway that cuts through the lushly forested garden ...

Obama is a quaint coastal community today, but a visit grants a look at how it played a crucial role in stocking the pantries ...

The best way to get around Kyoto is by bus and on foot. The abundance of English-language signs and announcements make Kyoto's bus systems easy for visitors to navigate. The city's subway can also ...

Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Taisha, or Fushimi Inari Shrine, is one of the most distinctly beautiful places in all of Japan. Walking paths wind up and around the mountain that the shrine’s main building ...

A video of a man presumed to be Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong dining alone at a ramen shop in Kyoto, Japan, has ...

Situated along the upper reaches of the Kamo River in Kyoto, the Kamigamo Shrine and its companion Shimogamo Shrine further downstream are known collectively as Kamosha. The tutelary shrines of the ...

The artist-designer swapped city bustle for a hilltop home in Higashiyama — it mirrors his Zen approach to life ...