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The JR Kansai Mini Pass is a rail pass for exclusive use by foreign tourists, which provides three consecutive days of unlimited travel on local and rapid JR trains in the Kansai Region around Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe and Nara. Validity Unlimited use […]
Japan has a comprehensive transportation network comprising of trains, buses and taxis. In major cities, the dense train transit network provides access across the city and its districts, and buses and taxis typically bridge the gap in areas not covered by the train service. Taxis can be an efficient and convenient way to travel in […]
Raina Ong Staff Writer,japan-guide.com Autumn is a nice season to visit Japan, when the sunny days and cooler temperatures make walking and sightseeing very pleasant. Additionally, trees whose leaves turn shades of red, orange and yellow in fall, add a riot of colors. Autumn colors are typically associated with being in nature like in forests […]
The Nakasendo is an ancient road that connected the symbolic Imperial Capital of Kyoto with the Shogunate’s political base of Edo. The Tokugawa Shogunate required Daimyo Lords to travel from their home provinces to Edo along the major highways, requiring the samurai to spend lavishly and reduce the chances of rebellion. Places like Kiso Fukushima-juku […]
Torin-in, a sub-temple of Myoshin-ji in Kyoto’s Ukyo Ward, has been hosting cooking classes for 25 years as of November. While some temples serve Buddhist vegetarian cuisine (shojin ryori), it is rare for them to offer hands-on classes. Leading the class is 85-year-old head priest Genbo Nishikawa, who began the program inspired by his experiences […]
Matt Evans Staff Writer,japan-guide.com The capital may have long since transferred to Tokyo, but for many natives and visiting foreigners alike, the heart of traditional Japan will forever remain in Kyoto. The birthplace of traditional art forms like the tea ceremony and home to the imperial family until 1868, Kyoto has retained a beauty and […]
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Raina Ong Staff Writer,japan-guide.com Located in eastern Tokyo, Asakusa is one of the iconic tourist destinations in the metropolis, attracting many visitors with its temples and old-town charm. The most well known landmark in Asakusa is its Kaminarimon Gate, which leads to Sensoji Temple. Asakusa and its surrounds are walkable districts that still retain much […]
(၁၁-၁၁-၂၀၂၄ ရက်၊ တိုကျို) The 2024 KYOTO PRIZE ဆုပေးပွဲအခမ်းအနားကို ၂၀၂၄ ခုနှစ်၊ နိုဝင်ဘာလ ၁၀ ရက်တွင် ကျိုတိုမြို့ Kyoto International Conference Center ၌ ကျင်းပပြုလုပ်ရာ The 2024 KYOTO PRIZE ချီးမြှင့်သည့် Inamori Foundation ၏ Chairman Mr. Shigetada Nakanishi နှင့် President ဖြစ်သူ Mrs. Shinobu Inamori Kanazawa တို့၏ ဖိတ်ကြားချက် အရ သံအမတ်ကြီး ဦးစိုးဟန် ပါဝင်တက်ရောက်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ အဆိုပါ ဆုပေးပွဲအခမ်းအနားသို့ ဂျပန်နိုင်ငံအခြေစိုက် သံရုံးများမှ သံအမတ်ကြီးများ၊ သံရုံး ယာယီတာဝန်ခံများ၊ ကောင်စစ်ဝန်ချုပ်များ၊ သံတမန်များနှင့် စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းရှင်များ […]
As spring rolls through Japan, cherry blossom trees erupt in all shades of pink in a wave from south to north. In the Tohoku region of northern Japan, the colder weather causes sakura to bloom slightly later than in the warmer parts of the country. Visiting these late-blooming sakura is one way to beat the […]