The best hotels in Kyoto embrace the city's many esteemed traditions while infusing contemporary style and comfort. Here's where to stay in 2024.

As travel restrictions ease in Japan, the country's ancient former capital, Kyoto, is anticipating a return of tourists. But it may not be enough to save the city from its financial difficulties.

Mind your manners, please. Toilet and tipping protocol are among the behaviors many tourists have yet to master in Japan’s historic city of Kyoto.

Kyoto’s finest multicourse menus can easily exceed $500 per person despite the fumbling yen. But visit at lunchtime, and your meal will cost a fraction of the dinner price.

Stay Aman Kyoto. This enchanting new hotel feels both far away from everything — it’s set on 79 acres of cypress forest — and close to the city’s heart, within walking distance of the ...

Kyoto is a true embodiment of Old Japan awash with beautiful vestiges of its past glory. Beyond the futuristic Kyoto Station, modern shopping complexes, and sleek luxury hotels, lies a city with ...

“The yuba tobanyaki are my favourite,” he explains, looking somewhat wistfully at the empty plate where this rolled, grilled version once sat.“But I love the fresh yuba, too.Then it’s ...

The best times to visit Kyoto are from March to May and from September to November when the weather is the mildest. However, the blooming… ...

Noma, the pioneering Nordic restaurant by chef René Redzepi, is returning to Kyoto this fall for another pop-up event. In spring 2023, Redzepi had a highly successful 10-week pop-up dinner at Ace ...

The Kyoto Travel Congestion Forecast looked okay — light green — but I was beginning to lose confidence in its powers. By the time I arrived, just after 8 a.m., the place was packed.