Tag: kyoto

Japan is buzzing because finally, after two years, the country is poised to open up to tourism from the outside ...

Recently, Japan has been blessed with a high number of foreign visitors that have been flocking to Tokyo, Osaka and ...

Kim Kardashian believes she invented the kimono. Now, though, the Mayor of Kyoto himself has responded to her outlandish clothing ...

Another new anime season is upon us, and I'm doing my best to stay on top of the new shows ...

If you happen to be in Kyoto right now and see a tall, lanky boy who kind of looks like ...

I'm often asked to recommend places to visit by J-List customers who are planning a trip to Japan. It's a ...

The currency used in Japan is yen, called en in Japanese, a word which literally means "circle," which was probably ...

There are a few places in Japan that are really special to me. Visiting Nikko, the collection of temples and ...

Still, there are some big challenges ahead for Japan, not the least of which is rebuilding its tourism industry. After ...

Right now my wife and daughter are down in Kyoto, visiting a friend on the Sea of Japan side the ...

The Japanese, of course, love to make meals into something that's beautiful to look at, a concept known as shoku ...

Every visitor to Japan develops, I think, a special relationship with Kyoto, the beautiful city that was capital of Japan ...