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Culture in Kyoto

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Seeing Red 13

Seeing Red

Euan Prentis

Red can be seen all over Japan in both Buddhist and Shinto sites, but what exactly is the significance of this?

Kyoto
Chisui Museum

Chisui Museum

Bonson Lam

The Fukuchiyama Flood memorial museum, also known as Chisui museum, plays tribute to those that didn’t make it, as well as th...

Kyoto
Fukuchiyama Castle

Fukuchiyama Castle

Bonson Lam

A recipe on how to build a castle. Take a field worth 60,000 koku of rice, add an angry general, and then stir it up with bet...

Kyoto
Yabusame Shinji 2026

Yabusame Shinji 2026

Tatiana Garcia

Every year in early May. witness the Yabusame Shinji at Shimogamo shrine, where Japanese mounted archers fire arrows at enemy...

Kyoto
Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto

Sam Hardwick

Yasaka Shrine is located in the Gion district of Kyoto, and is not too far from the very popular shopping streets that featur...

Kyoto