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Living the hotel life across Japan – Monthly plan lets you jump between 35 hotels, 12 prefectures
- Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2021 - Tweet
Want to hop between Tokyo, Kyoto, and everywhere else between Hokkaido and Kumamoto? This is the plan for you.
Kyoto slammed for manga telling people not to talk at restaurants
- Oona McGee
Feb 20, 2021
Four-panel manga fires up the Internet.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • eating • Eating Out • food • izakaya • Kyoto • manga • pandemic • restaurants)
Japanese monks want to create new temple…in space!
- Casey Baseel
Feb 4, 2021
A Kyoto expansion 1,100 years in the making.
- Japan
- (Buddhism • cool • crazy • Kyoto • satellites • science • space • technology • temples)
We eat Japan’s oldest sweet, available at only one store in all of Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 2, 2021
Edo period confectionery store learnt the secret recipe from a monk on a mountain in Kyoto.
- Japan
- (culture • food • Gion • history • Japanese history • Japanese sweets • Kyoto • SNJO • taste test • traditional • unusual • unusual food • wagashi)
Disney collaborates with traditional Kyoto designers for exhibition series【Photos】
- Shannon
Jan 28, 2021
Ever wanted to rock Disney and traditional Japanese style at the same time? Now you can.
Resi Stay Nishiki hotel in Kyoto adds a special Maiko Hello Kitty room for tourists with taste
- Katy Kelly
Jan 26, 2021
The room is fully kitted out with unique kimono-clad Kitty art.
- Japan
- (cute • geisha • Hello Kitty • hotel rooms • Kawaii • Kyoto • maiko • Nishiki • Resistay Nishiki • tourism)
We tried making traditional Japanese sweets at home then had some fun with the leftovers
- Krista Rogers
Jan 19, 2021
A long-established Kyoto confectionery shop is selling these do-it-yourself kits with simple video instructions.
- Japan
- (confectionery • do it yourself • flowers • homemade • Kyoto • sweets • Tawaraya Yoshitomi • wagashi)
Kyoto’s Kamogawa River turned blood-red, and no one knows why【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 7, 2021
Portion of famous waterway mysteriously takes on an ominous hue.
Company PET partners with Kyoto temple to offer genuine funeral services for beloved pets
- Krista Rogers
Jan 5, 2021
New collaboration services honor your departed pets as full members of the family while also granting you and your remaining family some closure.
- Japan
- (Annon • Buddhist temple • death • funeral • Jomanji • Kyoto • memorial • pet • pets • service)
Japanese shrine may have created the most Kyoto-like “wear a mask” reminder ever
- Casey Baseel
Jan 5, 2021
Fushimi Inari-taisha did all sorts of things to keep visitors safe this New Year’s, and one may be steeped in the local culture’s velvety harshness.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • funny • Fushimi • Fushimi Inari • Fushimi Inari Shrine • Fushimi Inari Taisha • Kyoto • masks • society)
When Kyoto snow falls, this mountain shrine becomes one of the most beautiful places in the city
- Casey Baseel
Jan 3, 2021
Grab your coat, because winter is an amazing time to see Kyoto’s Kifune Shrine.
Kyoto’s Kinkakuji Golden Pavilion finishes restoration, looks more beautiful than ever【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2020
It’s not just gold that’s shining right now at one of Japan’s most beautiful historical sites.
Japanese department store officially apologizes for English poster calling Kyoto the world’s enemy
- Casey Baseel
Dec 18, 2020
Takashimaya still seems a little fuzzy on correct English, though.
- Japan
- (Engrish • funny • Kyoto • language • linguistics • Takashimaya)
Kyoto’s Fire Ramen restaurant expands overseas with first location outside Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 23, 2020
Menbaka Ichidai serves up its fiery ramen abroad for the first time ever.
- Japan, SE Asia
- (awesome • COK • cool • crazy • fire • Fire Ramen • food • Kyoto • Menbaka Ichidai • Noodles • restaurants • scary)
Kyoto man arrested for opening packs of Demon Slayer key chains until finding one he wanted
- Master Blaster
Nov 23, 2020
But who’s the real demon here?
- Japan
- (anime • COK • convenience store • crime • Demon Slayer • key chain • Kyoto • manga • toys • weird)
Japanese temple puts up three messages of wisdom the Internet should take to heart
- Scott Wilson
Nov 21, 2020
The monks know us better than we do.
- Japan
- (advice • Buddhist temple • Higashi Honganji • internet • internet advice • Kyoto • life advice)
Kyoto sightseeing live stream for Chinese viewers becomes controversial, sparks ire in locals
- Dale Roll
Nov 13, 2020
Does Kyoto actually need to advertise to future travelers?
- Japan
- (Arashiyama • Chinese tourists • Japan tourism • Kyoto • Kyoto travel • tourism)
English mistake makes Kyoto the enemy of the world
- SoraNews24
Nov 11, 2020
Look out — Japan’s old capital appears to be rising again, with an army of koi fish behind it.
- Japan
- (advertising • Construction • customer service • English fail • Engrish • Kyoto • marketing • panel • Takashimaya • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Pairing Japanese whisky with Famichiki at Kyoto’s new convenience store bar
- Oona McGee
Nov 10, 2020
Family Mart bar is the city’s newest must-visit location.
- Japan
- (bars • beer • COK • drinks • highball • Japanese whisky • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • new openings • Osake no Museum • SNJO • Whiskey • whisky)
Court verdict reached on Kyoto schoolgirl who sued bullies for causing her mental illness
- Katy Kelly
Oct 29, 2020
Plaintiff sought damages of 90 million yen (US$863,433) from her tormentors and the school itself.
- Japan
- (bullying • Kyoto • lawsuit • mental illness • schizophrenia • society • state school • supreme court)
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