The third festival is the most famous Kyoto festival and one of the three great festivals of Japan. Gion Matsuri is a month-long festival from July 1-31 with its grand procession of floats ...

KYOTO--Japanese on sightseeing trips seem to be avoiding key landmarks in this historic city due to the hordes of foreign visitors that residents also gripe about. City authorities sought to ...

Lawmakers in the Japanese city of Kyoto have approved a plan to significantly increase the accommodation tax for visitors from March next year in a bid to curb overtourism. The city assembly of ...

Audiences were treated to a final rehearsal for the annual month-long "Miyako Odori" dance performance by geisha and "maiko" ...

KYOTO--The annual Gion Festival ... association for the Kuronushi-yama float. The Gion Festival has two climactic parts to it: the Saki Matsuri (first festival) and the Ato Matsuri (latter festival).

All told in 2024, the tourism organization reported the highest-ever demand from U.S. visitors to Japan. The vast majority of these visitors traveled to the same two places: Tokyo and Kyoto.

Better known as the Penis Festival, this annual highlight at Kawasaki's Wakamiya Hachimangu is all about praying for and celebrating fertility, strong marriages and protection against sexually ...

Tō-ji Temple (Kyoto): Home to Japan’s tallest wooden pagoda, Tō-ji Temple is surrounded by about 200 striking cherry trees, creating a captivating sight. Nearby Kyoto restaurants offer a chance to ...

The five-story pagoda, Japan's tallest wooden structure and the symbol of Kyoto The five-story pagoda you can spot when looking south from the window of your Shinkansen is Japan's tallest wooden ...

Masaki Kashiwara, professor emeritus at Kyoto University's Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, on Wednesday became the first Japanese recipient of the Abel Prize, often referred to as the ...