Kyoto (Page 3)

Mister Donut’s new green tea doughnuts serve up matcha and hojicha from a Kyoto specialist

Explore the different tastes of green tea with a brand new lineup of doughnuts.

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Japanese convenience store chain’s new matcha sweets are heaven for green tea lovers

Family Mart surprises everyone with the quality of its new sweets range. 

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Rainy day in Kyoto creates amazing photo of sakura above, below, and all around

Usually rain isn’t what you want when the cherry blossoms are blooming, but this is a very beautiful exception.

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Family Mart goes matcha crazy with new lineup of green tea sweets in Japan

Convenience store chain teams up with a company that traces its history back to a high-ranking tea master.

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World’s most elegant kickball game held at Kyoto’s Imperial Palace【Video】

Kickball the Heian way.

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Kyoto will abolish one-day bus passes to combat tourism overcrowding

Sale of popular travel pass to end as residents find themselves competing with out-of-towners for space on public transportation.

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Mister Donut, Kyoto tea merchant create new line of treats, with one that’s two desserts in one

Every time Misdo and Tsujiri meet, it’s matcha magic.

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Kyoto to introduce “empty home tax” for vacation houses and unused homes

First-of-its-kind tax would bring in nearly one billion yen, but government says it’s not about the money.

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What exactly is the treat known as a “kougnané” that’s sold outside Tokyo’s Yurakucho Station?

We learn the origin of this unique pastry sold in one of Tokyo’s bustling commercial districts. 

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Kyoto Station is a bad place to be in a snowstorm, videos show

The building’s cool design isn’t the best fit for freezing weather.

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Kyoto town changes names for burnable, landfill trash so people will think about what they’re doing

As always, words have a second meaning behind them in Kyoto.

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Toei Kyoto Studio Park takes you back in time to Edo period Japan, but all is not what it seems

Join us on a guided tour of the film set where hundreds of Japanese period movies and dramas are filmed every year.

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Kyoto’s uniquely beautiful New Year’s tradition is being carried on by Starbucks Japan【Photos】

Before all of Japan had gacha machines, Kyoto had fukudama, and the coffeehouse chain is helping make sure the city still does.

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We visit the full-scale Evangelion statue in Kyoto and particularly delight in the food tie-ins

Sure, testing your Eva synchronization rate in the entry plug is pretty cool, but so is the food faithfully recreated from the anime.

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Gucci teaming up with long-standing Japanese silk company to make beautiful limited-edition bags

Gorgeous traditional Japanese art combined with Gucci’s history makes for some really stunning bags. 

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Apprentice geisha fire drill in Kyoto leaves Internet charmed and chuckling【Video】

”Kaji dosu!”

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Kyoto City planning to sell cremated people’s precious metal fillings for millions of yen

Waste not, want not.

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Tourists warned about fake volunteer guide near Kinkakuji in Kyoto

“Guide” continues to pester travellers despite the city’s requests for him to stop. 

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Kyoto police issue arrest warrant in nine-year-old murder of Japan’s gyoza king

Cigarette butt DNA helps investigators crack case.

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Japanese prefecture replaces Ibaraki as Least Attractive Prefecture in annual ranking

“Give us back last place!” cry some Ibaraki residents.

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