Tenryuji Temple Arashiyama

天龍寺 Tenryu-ji Temple , in the lush Arashiyama district , is one of Japan's most famous and influential Zen temples. Original…

Ikuokaya Kyoto

幾岡屋 Ikuokaya has been doing business in the world-famous Gion district (home to maiko and geiko and high-culture nightlife) for …

Lonely Planet Japan Launch Party

ローンリー・プレネット・ジャパン New Lonely Planet Tokyo launch at 300 Bar Next, Yurakucho, Tokyo Lonely Planet , the legendary guide book publis…

Kyoto Butoh-kan: One Year Anniversary of the Worldʼs First Butoh Theatre

舞踊館 Japan's only Butoh dance theater has recently celebrated its first anniversary. Yurabe Masami Perfoming The theater is …

Kyoto,Japan / The Gion matsuri festival / Deep culture and the Ark of the covenant

photolibrary photolibrary The Gion Matsuri of Kyoto is one of the biggest festival in Japan. Of course this festival is a Shinto…

Asahido

朝日堂 Asahido is one of the most famous of Kyoto's Kiyomizu yaki pottery stores, and had been a landmark for generations of vi…

Kyoto's Kiyomizu Ceramics

清水焼 Elegant shape, graceful design, and pure, intense colors - these are the qualities that have drawn generation after generatio…

Incarcerated in Kyoto

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