Kyoto, Japan News

If you are lucky enough to read your map properly, you will approach Chion-in by a long and grand stretch of wide steps leading to an impressive building which fronts this complex of temples.

The Michelin Guide cut the number of Tokyo restaurants with its highest rank by one, reducing three-star winners for the second year in a city that's home to more top-rated eateries than any other worldwide.

A scene from "Rikyu ni Tazuneyo" featuring Sen no Rikyu , centre, at a tea ceremony.

Tel: Haem biosynthesis appeared to be a target of malaria therapy because 5-aminolevulinic acid , a haem biosynthesis starting material, with light exposure or a high amount of ALA alone reduced Plasmodium falciparum growth to undetectable level.

Bus #46 passes Imamiya Jinja, Bukkyo University in north west Kyoto near Kinkakuji Temple, Senbon Kitaoji, Senbon Marutamachi, Nijo Station, Shijo Omiya, Shijo Kurasuma, Shijo Kawaramachi, Shijo Keihan Station, Chion-in and Gion.

Put on the red light: The chochin lantern at the Kaminarimon gate of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa was renewed for the first time since 2003.

Officials in the city of Kyoto said the state has approved a special measure that will permit foreign chefs to work at restaurants and other establishments serving traditional, high-end Japanese cuisine.

Japan is on a mission to export more of its agricultural and food products, even as the government is under pressure to cut import tariffs in highly protected areas such as rice as the Trans Pacific Partnership trade talks advance.

The catalog for The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto's exhibition, "Treasures of the Imperial Collection: The Quintessence of Modern Japanese Art," tells us that this "sublime collection of resplendent masterpieces shines brilliantly in the history of modern Japanese art."

Critics have slammed singer Katy Perry for being racist after she dressed up as a geisha while performing "Unconditionally" at the 2013 American Music Awards.

SAO PAULO: Brazilian artist Tomie Ohtake is being honored after celebrating her 100th birthday this week, with the Sao Paulo gallery named after her and several other venues holding major retrospectives.

Lady Gaga's new album 'Artpop' features an optical illusion artwork designed by professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto What is the relationship between US diva Lady Gaga and a Japanese professor in psychology? The answer is: Lady Gaga's new album "Artpop," which hit No.

Born in pre-war Japan, Atsumasa Nakabayashi's life-long love affair with the guitar started at age 13 when he heard guitar music on the radio.

"Katy and I both love Japan," the pop star's stylist, America's Next Top Model creative director Johnny Wujek , exclusively tells E! News, explaining the inspiration behind the kimono-style gown that she wore to sing "Unconditionally" last night at the 2013 American Music Awards .

Staff and postgraduates from Bristol and other UK universities will travel to Kyoto University in December to take part in the concluding sessions of an international skills development programme for early-career researchers.

New US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy speaks with Yoshimitsu Ohashi, managing editor of The Yomiuri Shimbun, during an interview at her official residence in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Friday.

Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late US president John F. Kennedy, says she was initiated into the intricacy of Japan's arts and culture long before becoming US ambassador in Tokyo.

Japanese-born, naturalised Brazilian artist Tomie Ohtake is being honoured after celebrating her 100th birthday this week, with the Sao Paulo gallery named after her and other venues holding major retrospectives.

When the doors are locked and the fire lit, share one of these slow, late-night drams over a long conversation There are times when you need the liquid equivalent of an old woolly jumper, a whisky which makes you sigh contentedly, "I'm home."

With the advancing of fall, places famous for colored autumn foliage in Kyoto Prefecture were crowded with tourists on November 16. Two months after the damage from Typhoon No.