Taiko-Lab is up a narrow flight of stairs inside a scruffy office building on a scruffy back street in Kyoto.
It’s easy to get templed out in Kyoto but you can find illumination at the lesser-known dragon and scrotum temples.
Most of Japan’s train stations are great,but if this was like that movie The Terminal,and I was stuck living my entire life here – honestly,I’d be pretty happy.
The point of travel is often to go to new places and have new experiences,but the chance to revisit favourite locations can be like reuniting with an old friend.
He pours small samples of this deeply yellow,treacle-like liquid and we raise it to our lips to experience the wonder. This is like a poem,written almost 50 years ago,that is only just being read.
Mirror mirror on the wall,where’s the fairest Ace of all? With its warm,inviting design,and so much great dining in-house,it’s Ace Kyoto.
Historic Kyoto is home to some of Japan's most magnificent gardens.
Originally,it was thought the kanzashi’s long single pin could ward off evil spirits. There’s even a theory that the pins could be used in self-defence
Kyoto's new hotel is so fresh you can still smell the pale paint.
Without the high-season tourist crush,a wintertime visit to Kyoto offers Zen-like serenity.