9 Miyabi: Subtle Beauty of Nanzenji Takako Sakamoto Nanzenji Temple in Kyoto and its foreign-looking canal tunnel create a mysterious harmony in which East meets West.
12 Exploring Gion Cathy Cawood Gion area in Kyoto has many interesting things to delight a sightseer, like the cute old post office, rickshaws, the giant turnip,..
7 Early Summer Green at Nison-in - 3 Takako Sakamoto The two statues of the principal images of Nison-in Temple in Kyoto are as wonderful as famous maple leaves in autumn here.
Amazing Outside Corridors -1 Tomoko Kamishima Eikan-do 永観堂, officially called Zenrin-ji Temple 禅林寺 has a collection of amazing outside corridors connecting several te..
Culture The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Peter Sidell In Japan's harbour city Kobe, the main art museum is Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, holding exhibitions of sculpture and painting..
8 Culture Nara's 1300-year-old wood buildings Keigetsu Watanabe Nara's Horyuji Temple, with wooden buildings over 1,300-year-old, was the first World Heritage site in Japan.
Activities Cooking Sun: Japanese Cooking Class Camille Dufour-Blain Want to learn more about Japanese Food? Taking cooking classes is definitely the best way to do so. Cooking Sun is a cooking school..
10 Jurinji Narihiradera at Oshio Bonson Lam Jurinji sits in the tranquil hills between Osaka and Kyoto, just 30 minutes from Higashi Muko Station. Long before Kyoto, there..