Honoring Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitaro, who used to stroll here on his commute to Kyoto University in the early 20th century, the Philosopher's Walk is a roughly mile-long pathway along the Lake ...

Japan doesn’t do daylight saving time, so it was already dark when I left northern Kyoto’s Ichijoji Station at dinnertime one September. The area’s 14 UNESCO World Heritage sites were closed for the ...

The Philosopher’s Walk is a delightful strolling path once favored by scholars like Nishida Kitarō and Tanabe Hajime, both members of the famous Kyoto School, a philosophical movement with Kyoto ...

Acclaimed writer Pico Iyer describes his first walk in Kyoto 26 years ago, when he found understanding between a Shinto shrine and a 7-Eleven and fell in love with the city forever. My favourite Kyoto ...

KYOTO (Reuters Life!) - Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital, is a laid-back counterpart to Tokyo, first established more than 1,000 years ago. Its wide avenues follow a grid pattern that invites easy ...

6 p.m. Walk through one of the hanamachi, or geisha districts, and you may see a geisha or apprentice geisha heading out for the evening. Sightings of these women in elaborate kimono, thick white ...

Seen here is the Yamashina-ku House, a historical samurai residence that is attached to the famous Zuishin-In Temple in Kyoto, which the occupants of days gone by were honor-bound to defend. A short 5 ...

The main structure of Byodo-in - Ho'o-do, or "Phoenix Hall" - was originally built in 1053. (Photo by Mark Jenkins for The Washington Post.) Japan doesn't do daylight saving time, so it was already ...

To truly see Kyoto, walk, bike or take a train through the historic Japanese city Three itineraries for the unconventional traveller By Washington Post Published Aug 23, 2017 Last updated Aug 23, 2017 ...