Culture Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum Hal Jones Located in the Mibu district, famous for the special annual Kyogen performances, this is the only museum dedicated to netsuke in..
Culture Yoshiminedera 4 (1Review) Yoshimine-dera is a temple of the Tendai school of Buddhism in the western ward of Nishikyō-ku, in Kyoto. It is built on the western hills overlooki..
Culture Hourin-ji Temple in Kyoto Peter Sidell In Kyoto in central Japan, Hourin-ji is a charming Buddhist temple, enjoyable for its population of daruma figures, traditional..
Historical Ginkaku-ji Silver Pavilion Kyoto Abby Rodriguez Gingaku-ji lies at the foot of the Eastern Mountain (Higashiyama). It's founder, Ashigaka Yoshimasa intended to spend most of..
12 Temples & Shrines Kyoto Ryoan-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Since Queen Elizabeth II visited this rock garden and highly praised it in 1975, huge numbers of people have flocked to Ryoan-ji..
Culture NAKED Flowers Autumn 2024 Oct 25th - Dec 8th 2024 Past Event A seasonal event by digital art collective NAKED at the World Heritage listed Nijo Castle combines projection mapping with the historic..
14 Traditional Snow at Daigo Temple Cathy Cawood Snow at Daigo Temple in Kyoto on Valentine's Day 2014