Tofuku-ji Temple, Kyoto is not a place to hurry through. It is a place to walk slowly, stop often, and let the design reveal itself in layers. Water is everywhere, even when it is not present. It is heard in the raked white gravel of the Hojo South Garden. It is remembered in the “Eight Seas.” It moves below Tsuten-kyo Bridge in the maple-filled ravine.

Sitting at almost the highest point in Yamakoshi, TakoMaru Trading belongs to this landscape as a modern bridge, a koi trading and export business bringing Japanese koi to the world

Riverside Café Muni, Kyoto offers a refined yet relaxed dining experience. The café overlooks the historic Togetsukyo Bridge and the surrounding natural beauty of Arashiyama

New Accommodation Tax in Kyoto: March 1, 2026

Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has moved to ban the in‑flight use of portable power banks from April 2026, after repeated incidents of mobile batteries smoking or catching fire during flights.

Living Traditions: The Water That Holds Us, not as a topic politely contained inside a lecture, but as a living force that shapes cities, landscapes, and the way communities recover, reconnect, and remember.

Moss Matters in Japanese Gardens, it is not a minor detail. In many places, it is the calm surface that allows rock, water, and maple to feel like one scene

Yamakoshi Mushigame is Koi Genesis because from those same ponds came Yamakoshi’s other world‑shaping legacy, nishikigoi—aka koi. Japanese Koi Farms began here in Yamakoshi.

Welcome to a collection of Official Tourism Travel Links Japan. These links to Japanese Islands, Cities and Prefectures will make your visit to Japan easier.

Saihoji Temple—better known as Kokedera, the “Moss Temple,” is the kind of Kyoto place that refuses to be rushed. It isn’t designed for a quick loop and a few photos. Kyoto’s Garden of Origins and Journeys is designed for practice, for quiet, for the old understanding that the best journeys begin with a steady mind.

In Japan, 2026 is the Year of the Horse. The image of the Horse symbolizes vitality, success, prosperity, and luck. For this reason, 2026 is considered a promising year and a good time to take on new and demanding challenges.

Onn Japanese sweet shop or Wagashi in the Gokomachi district of Kyoto opened late 2023 by owner Suzuka Yamaoka. The goal was to provide an experience that warms both the body and soul of it’s customers.