A well-established department store founded during the Edo period in Kyoto. The relaxed atmosphere of the store allows you to enjoy shopping at your leisure.

As you enter the heart of Kyoto’s geisha culture, you hear laughter spilling from hidden tea houses. Welcome to Gion, a district that draws you in with its traditional wooden machiya merchant houses, ...

GION. Here is an overview of the game, via Bushiroad Games: An original visual novel by Cherrymochi, Bushiroad, and Fiji TV. An augmented reality experience called “Echoes of Kyoto” invites ...

A store with popular character goods and Japanese miscellaneous goods perfect for souvenirs, located in Kyoto's Shijo Kawaramachi. Our store boasts a wide range of character goods, from popular ...

Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, Britain’s PA Media news agency has reported. Ebony McIntosh, a 24-year-old ...

Gion Naito, which offers traditional geta sandals. And Aiko says it’s also worth a trip to the Sakyo Ward to visit Essence Kyoto. “It has a beautiful selection of interior pieces—the perfect ...

Countries with commitments under the Kyoto Protocol to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions must meet their targets primarily through national measures. As an additional means of meeting these ...

Kyoto authorities announced Tuesday plans to hike lodging taxes ... tourists and businesses," a statement said. Tensions are highest in the Gion district, home to teahouses where geiko-- the local ...

KYOTO, Japan -- The municipal government of Kyoto said Tuesday that it will raise hotel lodging taxes to as much as 10,000 yen ($63) per night, as the city looks to counter the effects of ...

Kyoto residents have complained of tourists harassing the geisha like paparazzi, in their frenzy for photos to wow their Instagram followers. Tensions are highest in the Gion district, home to ...

But that is precisely what directors Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin achieve with Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s strikingly smart “Kyoto.” Plays with as much necessary information as this ...

A student of IIT-Kharagpur was found dead inside his hostel room, an institute official said on Monday. Shaon Malik, a third-year student of Electrical Engineering, was found hanging inside the ...