Kyoto

KYOTO — Six children who will lead one of the yamahoko floats for Kyoto’s Gion Festival visited Y...

KYOTO — The Kyoto Botanical Gardens in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, which celebrated its 100th anniversary ...

KYOTO — Well-proportioned wooden tubs, called “oke” in Japanese, are built with unparalleled prec...

The preservation society of Funehoko, one of the floats of the Gion Festival, held a Shinmen Arat...

The Gion Festival, one of Japan's three major festivals, began in Kyoto on Tuesday.

Why has humanity continuously repeated tragedies? This question came to mind while viewing a solo...

KYOTO — A Western-style building with a remarkable exterior stands at the western side of Shijo O...

Rows of wind chimes hang at Shojuin Temple in Ujitawara, Kyoto Prefecture, for the annual Wind Ch...

KYOTO — Due to the sharp rise in food costs, university cafeterias, which support students’ diets...

UJI, Kyoto — Metal ornament craftsman Kosuke Matsuda was using a hammer and chisel to engrave an ...

UJI, Kyoto - A hydrangea artwork in the shape of Myaku-Myaku, the official character of the 2025 ...

KYOTO — “Not too thick, not too thin.” Kohei Maeda, 38, applies lacquer with a brush, keeping a s...

KYOTO — Taking over the historic garden of Toji temple, a World Heritage site in Kyoto, French fa...

KYOTO — Noh mask carver Keiko Udaka is breathing new life into a block of wood from a 200-year-ol...

KYOTO — Yasuto Yonehara uses a pair of bamboo chopsticks to lift dark haku leaves and place them ...