The city assembly of Kyoto passed an ordinance by a majority vote Tuesday to raise its maximum accommodation tax to ¥10,000 ($66) per guest per night. The amount will be the highest among areas ...

Everyone goes to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Why not try spots like the bustling port of Yokohama or the serene monasteries of ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

The ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto has introduced more measures to help foreign travellers should a major natural disaster strike one of the nation’s most popular tourist destinations.

Kyoto is the cultural capital of Japan, so it is no wonder the city is teeming with unique hotels, hostels, ryokans, and ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

Japan is in the middle of an unprecedentedly huge inbound international travel boom, with the country’s major tourism attractions seeing significantly more tourists than they did prior to the pandemic ...

Join me for my first impressions of Kyoto, Japan—a city where ancient temples, peaceful gardens, and hidden alleyways blend seamlessly with modern life. In this video, I explore the sights, sounds, ...

Lawmakers in the Japanese city of Kyoto have approved a plan to significantly increase the accommodation tax for visitors from March next year in a bid to curb overtourism. The city assembly of ...