Tokyo — The glorious ancient monuments, Zen temples and soaring pagodas of Kyoto have made it a major tourist draw for a century. The Japanese city's population is only about 1.5 million, yet it ...

Traveling to Kyoto is high on the wishlist for most tourists who come to Japan. The city is home to countless shrines, golden temples, and walls of bamboo forest and hidden gems amidst the canals.

KYOTO, Japan >> Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto features a large Zen meditation space that spans about 200 square meters. On Sunday mornings, the sound of a priest using a stick to strike the shoulders of ...

This is the fourth in a series of columns by Janet Landfried on her trip to Japan in the spring of 2006. The next three days my friend Joyce Masaki and I were on our own in Kyoto. We took the ...

Travellers who explore famous religious sites in Tokyo, Kyoto or Osaka don’t realise their behaviour is closely monitored by these creepy ogres. Aussie travellers are lured to Japan not just by it ...

Kyoto is one of those rare cities that stays with you. It slows you down, reconnects you with yourself and reminds you of the ...

Few places capture the spirit of Japan quite like Kyoto. But with so much written about the city, from centuries-old temples ...

KYOTO, Japan — A dolphin pool, a penguin park and a giant wave pool could soon join the imperial-era townhouses and ancient Buddhist temples in Kyoto, Japan’s former imperial capital. As early as June ...