MUKO, Kyoto Prefecture--The leafy pathway through a bamboo forest in the Arashiyama area of Kyoto is popular with tourists. Now visitors who want to avoid the heaving crowds in this historic city ...

The Mamemo – a tiny notebook with 200 pages – makes for a great Kyoto gift. 672, Honkawara-cho, 3-chome Shiokoji-dori Yamato Ooji Higashi-iru, Higashiyama-ku (075 744 6540, uragu.com).

Kyoto Prefecture is Japan’s cultural center, including the former capital of Kyoto with its plethora of temples and shrines and its large population of practitioners of traditional crafts.

This time we're visiting Kyoto Prefecture. It flourished as Japan's capital for a thousand years, evolving a unique culture, and shaping many delicate traditional industries. Kyoto is the ...

A curtain of cold water crashed down from one of those shafts, splashing those of us seated in the front of our open-sided 12-person Lake Biwa Canal Cruise boat. While many people come to Kyoto to ...