KYOTO -- At the Gion shopping district and elsewhere in this west Japan city, solar-powered "smart" garbage boxes were ...

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The city of Kyoto is known as Japan's cultural and spiritual capital. It's for good reason: Kyoto has hundreds of Buddhist ...

Kyoto has long been feeling the strain of overtourism, which not only places a burden on tourist sites but local residents, who find it difficult to go about their daily lives. This struggle was ...

Travel to Japan has exploded in recents years. Sustainable tourism advocates say the country needs to be proactive at ...

During my four-night stay, I found the Hyatt Place Kyoto to be a cozy yet comfortable base for exploring the city’s attractions and taking day trips to nearby cities like Osaka. The Hyatt Place ...

GO app is a practical and convenient taxi-finding app that allows you to request a cab in English using your smartphone.

Buses are your best bet for getting to and from Kyoto's top attractions. They feature electronic signs and announcements in English, and many leave directly from Kyoto Station's Karasuma stop.

DaSilva also pointed to Japan's prevalence in popular culture, including the rise of interest in anime and TV shows in the ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan in January surged 40.6 percent from a year earlier to a record 3.78 million, as travelers from China more than doubled in part due to the Lunar New Year holiday ...

With record visitor numbers in 2024 putting strain on Japan’s tourist hotpots, here are four places to visit far away from crowds in 2025.

Said to have been initiated in 2024 as a response to the adverse effects of overtourism on the precarious UNESCO World ...