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Silent streets lined with Yamaboko floats and the sound of Gion-bayashi—the Kyoto Gion Festival is one of Japan’s three great summer festivals. With a histor...

Miyama Kayabuki no Sato is a village in Miyama Town, Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture, where traditional thatched-roof houses stand in a row. Designated as an I...

Fushimi Inari Taisha is a mysterious Kyoto shrine lined with thousands of vermilion torii gates. For travelers visiting Japan for the first time or solo expl...