A new Japanese capsule hotel in Kyoto allows guests to get a taste of the ryokan experience for a fraction of the price. Japan is famous for putting odd things together. No one here bats an eye at ...

Chef Ichiro Kubota marries techniques he learned in Europe with centuries-old methods learned from his father, a master of Kyoto cuisine Arashiyama, Japan CNN — Breaking into the ancient, tight-knit ...

This hostelry is widely acknowledged as one of the best traditional ryokan in Japan, a claim shared with the Tawaraya directly across the narrow street. Its name derives from the Japanese word for ...

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It’s a familiar experience: the baggage carousel, the jetlag-induced microsleeps in the back of the taxi and the realisation that you haven’t got any local currency to tip the bellboy. Then, once he’s ...

While Kyoto has always been among the nation’s top travel destinations, the surge in inbound tourism is creating overtourism woes in a city where the travel infrastructure isn’t on the same large ...