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Vist Fushimi Inari early to avoid the thick of the crowds.

The only (ballsy) temples you need to see in Japan’s culture capital

It’s easy to get templed out in Kyoto but you can find illumination at the lesser-known dragon and scrotum temples.

  • by Keith Austin
Kyoto Station … make sure you arrive early to enjoy all of its delights.
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Train journeys

Do I like this train station? I could happily live in it

Most of Japan’s train stations are great, but if this was like that movie The Terminal, and I was stuck living my entire life here – honestly, I’d be pretty happy.

  • by Ben Groundwater
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Endless delight: The 15 destinations we never get tired of revisiting

The point of travel is often to go to new places and have new experiences, but the chance to revisit favourite locations can be like reuniting with an old friend.

Ceramic treasures at the Shuki Robert Yellin Gallery.

Sipping the world’s oldest (and most expensive) sake

He pours small samples of this deeply yellow, treacle-like liquid and we raise it to our lips to experience the wonder. This is like a poem, written almost 50 years ago, that is only just being read.

  • by Ben Groundwater
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Achingly-hip US brand brings famed tacos and coffee to Japan hotspot

Mirror mirror on the wall, where’s the fairest Ace of all? With its warm, inviting design, and so much great dining in-house, it’s Ace Kyoto.

  • by Kylie McLaughlin
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Kyoto, Japan, travel guide and things to do: Nine highlights

Historic Kyoto is home to some of Japan's most magnificent gardens.

  • by Ute Junker
Kimono-clad women in downtown Kyoto.

The intimate details of Kyoto's intriguing and beautiful geisha culture

Originally, it was thought the kanzashi’s long single pin could ward off evil spirits. There’s even a theory that the pins could be used in self-defence

  • by Katrina Lobley
New level of sophistication: The Thousand Hotel, Kyoto.

The Thousand Kyoto hotel review: Sophistication meets Japanese sensibility at new luxury hotel

Kyoto's new hotel is so fresh you can still smell the pale paint.

  • by Brian Johnston
Locals love Kurama-dera temple, but only a miniscule fraction of Kyoto's international visitors ever visit.

Japan, Kyoto: A winter journey starts in Eizan and ends in the forests of Kibune

Without the high-season tourist crush, a wintertime visit to Kyoto offers Zen-like serenity.

  • by Brian Johnston
Mindar, a robot bodhisattva and teacher of Buddhism, gives daily performances.

Japan, Kyoto: Kodai-ji Zen Temple's resident robot teacher of Buddhist thought

A robot instructing tourists in Buddhist thought in a Zen temple may seem odd for those not accustomed to Japanese mores.

  • by Brian Johnston