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Kyoto holidays

November 2019

  • Two geishas.

    Geisha selfies banned in Kyoto as foreign tourism boom takes toll

    Geisha neighbourhoods threaten to fine visitors amid growing complaints of harassment and property damage

October 2018

  • Fuya II lounge at Enso Ango, which has a tearoom and tatami mat salon.

    Japan’s first 'dispersed' hotel opens in Kyoto

    Across several buildings, all a short walk from each other, Enso Ango aims to bring travellers closer to local life

September 2018

  • Chureito Pagoda and Mt. Fuji<br>Fujiyoshi, Japan - November 7, 2012: Chureito Pagoda overlooking Fujiyoshi city with Mount Fuji in the background. The pagoda is part of the Arakura Sengen Shrine.

    In the footsteps of Hokusai on Mount Fuji

    Katherine Rundell explores the scenes immortalised in the artist’s masterpieces, from the chestnut fields of Nagano to Fuji itself

June 2016

  • Nishiki Market, Japan

    Instagram snapshots
    Shrines, stalls and scripts: Siobhan Maher in Kyoto, Japan – in pictures

    On a Japanese holiday in search of design inspiration Siobhan Maher captures daily life and ritual in Kyoto

June 2015

  • KYOTO, JAPAN - 2014/05/17: Shunkoin Temple or Temple of the Ray of Spring is a subtemple in the Myoshinji temple complex in Kyoto. The temple was established in 1590 by feudal lord Yoshiharu Horio. Today Shunkoin is the most popular "temple stay" temples or shukubo in Japan, hosting visitors from around the world in Kyoto. (Photo by John S Lander/LightRocket via Getty Images)shunkoin|shukubo|myoshinji

    A great little place I know
    Dr Feelgood’s Wilko Johnson on Shunkoin Temple in Kyoto

    The rock band’s founder and guitarist found perfect tranquility in a Japanese monastery after being diagnosed with terminal cancer

March 2015

  • Witness a traditional tea ceremony at Kyoto's Kodo-kan

    A great little place I know
    Lucille Reyboz on Kyoto’s Kodo-kan cultural centre

  • ryotei kikunoi

    The best restaurants in Tokyo and Kyoto – chosen by Japan’s top chefs

December 2014

  • Two Geishas walking together in Kyoto.

    Christmas in Japan: time for a geisha makeover in Kyoto

    Break with tradition and head east for a geisha ‘transformation’, karaoke and a festive lunch of KFC, writes Kari Herbert

May 2012

  • Kyoto blossom

    Guardian Travel Network
    Kyoto in bloom: the cherry blossom season – in pictures

    Ninnaji is the head temple of Kyoto's Omuro School of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, founded in 888 AD. The world heritage site in Japan's former imperial capital is famous for its locally cultivated, late blooming sakura trees, called omuro sakura. Shibuya246 visited in mid-April, the ideal time to see Kyoto in bloom

February 2012

  • Street food in Piss Alley, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

    Fun dining at Japan's street food stalls

  • A Geisha in Kyoto

    Kyoto on a budget

November 2011

  • In search of sake: Kyoto - video

    In the first of our three-part series, Rie Yoshitake takes Henrietta Lovell to Kyoto, the old imperial capital of Japan

October 2011

  • Osaka

    Travel Awards 2011
    A yen to return to Japan

    Whether you fancy a city break in Tokyo, an epic train odyssey or a ski trip, there are some great deals to tempt tourists back to Japan, Favourite Long-haul Country in our Travel Awards 2011

  • Traditional noh actor in costume

    Travel Awards 2011
    Japan's magical landscapes: there's noh place like it

    Melancholy landscapes, wild waterfalls, hidden shrines … The noh theatre tradition leads Tom Yarwood on a spiritual trail across Japan's Kii peninsula and to rugged Sado

  • Itsukushima Shrine

    Japan: land of the rising tourist numbers?

    Tourism in Japan fell to almost nothing after March's tsunami, says Rob Boffard. It is now starting to recover, but its most popular sights remain beautifully uncrowded

July 2011

  • Naoshima - Benesse House

    Museum peace: Japan's Naoshima island

    The "art island" of Naoshima is dotted with calming concrete installations a world away from Tokyo's frenetic pace. Pico Iyer enjoys a moment of serenity

July 2010

  • Hoshinoya Kyoto ryokan, Japan

    Zen and now: Japan's ryokans get a modern twist

    Ryokans, the traditional, quintessentially Japanese, inns, are beginning to adopt modern western elements to create a cool 21st-century style mix. Sybil Kapoor checks in

April 2008

  • Kyoto, Japan

    Halfway house

    Stay in one of Kyoto's machiya houses and you get the best of old and new Japan, says Benji Lanyado

December 2005

  • How I became Madame Butterfly for a day

    A new Hollywood blockbuster is about to turn the spotlight on to the twilight world of the geisha. Joanne O'Connor goes to Kyoto to experience a dying tradition.

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