Kyoto is one of those rare cities that stays with you. It slows you down, reconnects you with yourself and reminds you of the ...

On November 24, 2025, in Kyoto, Japan, @march100fumble shared a video of Kiyomizu-dera Temple surrounded by breathtaking autumn scenery. In the video, the iconic wooden terrace overlooks a sweeping ...

The kanji was written with a giant calligraphy brush on a roughly 1.5 meters high and 1.3 meters wide sheet of "washi," ...

Kyoto is witnessing peak autumn foliage across various locations, attracting large numbers of both domestic and international tourists. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “Spectee”. NOTE: No ...

The kanji for “bear” (熊, kuma) was chosen as the single most representative character symbolic of the social mood in Japan this year, the Kyoto-based Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation said ...

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The Japanese public has chosen the Chinese character for "bear" as the kanji that best represents 2025. The selection follows ...

November, the Chinese government issued an advisory to its citizens calling on them to refrain from traveling to Japan. The statement came following remarks from Japanese Prime Minster Sanae Takaichi ...

The kanji character for “bear” has been selected as the Kanji of the Year, representing the social mood of 2025.At ...

Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate Kitagawa Susumu has delivered his Nobel Prize lecture in Sweden. In the address he ...

Kyoto, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--"Kuma," meaning bear, was picked Friday as the kanji character of the year in Japan, amid a series of wild bear attacks across the country. It was the first time that kuma ...