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

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.

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.

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.

Japan has numerous abandoned shrines, or haikyo, as they’re referred to. Often found in rural areas and overgrown mountainsides, they are mostly the result of depopulation, modernization, or disaster. Abandoned Oiwa Shrine, Southeast of Kyoto is the example I’ve shared here.

Your trip to visit the famous Koi Breeders of Japan is booked. Now, you need to understand how to make life easier for you when you get...