April in Kansai bursts with color and excitement. Alongside cherry blossom festivals and seasonal traditions, you'll also ...

KYOTO--Alarmed at decreasing opportunities to wear kimono in modern Japan, dyers specializing in Kyoto-style "yuzen" techniques are turning their attention to a market steeped in traditional dress ...

KYOTO--A worker at an organization for preserving cultural property accidentally crashed his car on Oct. 17 into "Japan’s oldest existing toilet," breaking down the door and stopping inside.

When you're visiting Kyoto with kids, be sure to read this detailed Kyoto with kids itinerary for 2 days (or more). Don't ...

Cherry blossoms, history, waterfalls, and more await travelers in these not-so-secret gardens. New Otani Hotel Tokyo's vast garden is home to rock gardens, tree fossils, an active koi pond, and a ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds NW at 9 to 10 mph (14.5 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 43 °F (6.1 °C). Cloudy with a high of 57 °F (13.9 °C). Winds from NW to NNW at 8 to 12 mph (12.9 to 19.3 kph).

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...

This hidden gem, known as "Little Kyoto," offers stunning historic architecture, beautiful spring cherry blossoms, and ...

Situated on Otowa Mountain in eastern Kyoto, Kiyomizu-dera Temple wows travelers with its stunning natural scenery, which visitors say is best viewed from the verandah off the temple's main building.

Jeremy Workman’s documentary looks back at a project that may sound like a joke but had serious underpinnings. By Alissa Wilkinson Jason Statham plays a construction worker who’s as deft at ...

Panellists disagreed on an expert's assertion that the concepts of Scope 3 emissions measurement and net zero targets should be tossed in the bin at North American Carbon World (NACW) Thursday.

The number of entities registered with active accounts in Washington’s cap-and-trade programme ticked up in an early look at Q1 data, the state's Department of Ecology (ECY) figures showed. The number ...