6 Food Ippudo Ramen Sanjo Bonson Lam Kyoto’s night owls never had it so good at Ippudo Ramen, where Manhattan meets Hakata in the business center of Kyoto. It sho...
9 Culture Exotic Beauty of Kin-gyu-in Larry Knipfing At Kin-gyu-in, the outer gate was open. Nobody was there; the inner gate was closed. I turned back to leave when something ca...
12 Culture Daiho-in Garden Larry Knipfing Daiho-in Temple Garden in May: The sound of water dripping out of bamboo into a small moss covered fountain blended with a bi...
Food Tea House Lipton in Sanjo Alexandra Dorovici Did you know that Lipton tea brand had its own Tea House in Kyoto? Tea House Lipton opened in 1930 to promote Lipton tea alon...
6 Culture A Springtime Wedding in Kyoto Bonson Lam May is a wonderful time in Kyoto. The days are warm and the skies are blue, and after the festivities of the cherry viewing o...
12 Culture Quiet and Tranquil Kurodani Temple Larry Knipfing Kurodani Temple is not on the 'Recommended List' of guide books. It's on mine! It doesn't try to impress you, and so is very ...
22 Culture Aoi Matsuri in Kyoto: 2014 Report Hugo Kempeneer In the Aoi Matsuri, ladies dressed in the ceremonial court robes and men in traditional costumes ride on ox carriages decorat...
15 Culture Kyoto Sennyu-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Kyoto Sennyu-ji Temple is a family temple for the Imperial Family: It is located in the deep forest, as if it wants to hide f...
Culture Hokoji Temple and its Fatal Bell Takako Sakamoto Hokoji Temple in Kyoto has a very dramatic, fatal bell on its premises, which doomed and led the Toyotomi Clan to destruction...
