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This brand new space has 5,000 books for guests to read, a special bar stocked with local beers, and bunks inside the shelves to sleep in.

Japan
(accommodation • books • cool • hostel • hotel • Kyoto • travel)

Serial foot licker apprehended in Kyoto after 30-minute lick-attack

Master Blaster
Nov 12, 2016

Kyoto Police nearly close the case on one of Kyoto’s more disgusting crime sprees.

Japan
(crazy • crime • foot • Fushimi • Kyoto • weird)

Kyoto temple bans photography at famous autumn foliage viewing spots

Oona McGee
Nov 10, 2016

Some of Japan’s most iconic places to see the autumn leaves are now off-limits to photographers.

Japan
(autumn • beautiful • fall • fall colors • fall foliage • Kyoto • red leaves • shrines • temples • travel)

Diabolically clever Kyoto style of writing “No bike parking” has Japanese Internet impressed

Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2016

The famous hospitality of Japan’s old capital is being put to intimidating use to combat inconsiderateness outside this building.

Japan
(bicycles • bikes • cool • funny • Kyoto • manners)

Kyoto’s subway system is now endorsed by handsome anime men

Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2016

New male characters join preexisting team of female 2-D spokesmodels.

Japan
(anime • Kyoto • manga • otaku • subways • transportation • travel)

Liqueur connoisseurs, prepare your tastebuds for an interesting new flavor: Kyoto cedar wood

Meg Murphy
Sep 28, 2016

Would you try the wood-flavored drink?

Japan
(alcoholic beverages • cedar wood liquer • Kitayama Malta • Kyoto)

The 10 most beautiful places to see the autumn leaves in Japan, as chosen by travelers

Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2016

Ranking of Japan’s best fall colors will have you ready to head into the great (and red) outdoors.

Japan
(autumn • beautiful • fall • fall colors • Kyoto • red leaves • shrines • temples • travel)

Kyoto accidentally calls all old people “terrible drivers”【Why Does Engrish Happen in Japan?】

Casey Baseel
Sep 22, 2016

Japan’s most polite city inadvertently throws shade on elderly motorists.

Japan
(cars • funny • Japanese language • Kyoto • linguistics • Why Does Engrish Happen?)

Traditional guesthouse in Kyoto is like a beautiful samurai residence

Oona McGee
Sep 17, 2016

Japanese visitors are falling in love with the gorgeous gardens and traditional rooms at this atmospheric inn.

Japan
(gardens • history • inns • Japanese gardens • Kyoto • ryokan • tourism • traditional Japan • travel)

This Kyoto landmark is offering a stunning new service!

Andrew Kane
Sep 6, 2016

For a fee, visitors to Kyoto will have the chance to illuminate one of the city’s most distinctive landmarks with a color (or two) of their choice!

Japan
(illumination • Kyoto • Kyoto tower • romantic)

Top 20 most popular castles in Japan revealed for 2016

Corey Gold
Aug 26, 2016

How many of the top 20 most popular Japanese castles (according to TripAdvisor) have you been to?

Japan
(castles • culture • Japan • Kyoto • Okinawa • sightseeing • temples • top 20 • travel • trip • TripAdvisor)

Crustacean Riot Police is the anime-inspired sake you didn’t know you needed

KK Miller
Aug 20, 2016

No Tachikomas were injured during the brewing process. Crabs on the other hand…

Japan
(crabs • Ghost in the Shell • Kyoto • Miyazu • Stand Alone Complex • tachikoma)

We tried this scrumptious all-you-can-eat Kyoto veggie breakfast buffet for only 500 yen

Krista Rogers
Aug 9, 2016

What better way to start your day than with freshly harvested, local vegetables from Japan’s ancient capital city?

Japan
(food • Kyoto • local • Miyako Yasai Kamo • organic • Restaurant • vegetables)

We eat gold-leaf “Kinkaku Soft Ice Cream” near Kinkakuji Golden Pavillion temple in Kyoto

Oona McGee
Aug 4, 2016

After looking at the brilliant gold leaf covering the World Heritage-listed temple, you can now eat it too, in a beautifully presented ice cream cone.

Japan
(gold • gold leaf • Golden Pavilion • green tea • ice cream • Japanese desserts • Kinkakuji • Kyoto • matcha • soft serve • sweets)

Kyoto temple becomes Pokémon Go gym in Japan, provides special phone chargers for players

Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2016

Centuries of tradition meets the modern-day world of gaming and culminates in a beautiful display of kindness.

Japan
(Buddhism • Buddhist monk • gamers • gaming • Kyoto • mobile games • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • temples)

Step into a magical spirit world at the Motomiya Festival at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto

Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2016

The Kyoto shrine famous for thousands of vermilion torii gates will spirit you away to a mystical world of beauty this weekend at its famous annual night-time festival.
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