Entering Hotel Sowaka in Kyoto's famous Gion district feels like stepping onto the set of the Disney+ series "Shōgun". Guests ...

OSAKA -- Hotland Holdings is refurbishing machiya townhouses in Kyoto, turning them into restaurants as it looks to draw ...

Some 150 people including bereaved relatives and employees attended the ceremony at the former site of the studio, offering ...

Kyoto Animation Co. held a memorial on Friday to honor the 36 victims of the 2019 arson attack, with families renewing the ...

Japanese electronics maker Murata Manufacturing Co., Waseda University and two other companies teamed up to develop humanoid ...

Why you should get out of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka: too crowded, too expensive and not what people think. Here’s where to go in ...

A procession of yamahoko floats was held at the Gion Festival in Kyoto on Thursday, a traditional event that has continued ...

A parade to deliver fresh "hamo" pike conger eels as an offering to Yasaka Shrine in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto ...

MUKO, Kyoto Prefecture--The leafy pathway through a bamboo forest in the Arashiyama area of Kyoto is popular with tourists. Now visitors who want to avoid the heaving crowds in this historic city ...

Mourners have gathered at the site of Kyoto Animation in western Japan to remember victims of an arson attack on the studio ...

KYOTO—On hot summer nights in the ancient capital, it’s possible to beat the heat with a mug of cold beer and a chat with glamorous geisha.