Tickets to view the parade of large "yamahoko" floats from premium seats during this summer's Gion Festival will go on sale ...

The Kyoto City Tourism Association ... “yamahoko” floats during the famed annual Gion Festival. The Sapporo Tourist Association will offer a tour that includes building ice sculptures on ...

Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, long a popular destination ... Tourists crowd the narrow, quaint streets of the area called Gion, often following tour guides who show people around and lecture ...

I’d had more luck finding a seat than many of my tour mates.) But don’t spend your entire night in the bar. Kyoto is arguably its most magical at night, when its dark timber facades are warmed by soft ...

Researchers in Kyoto have created a new pandemic response system combining surveillance, rapid diagnostics, and global pathogen tracking.

In Kyoto, tourists flock to the picturesque Gion district to glimpse Geisha clip-clopping along cobbled streets. It's one of the most photographed parts of the ancient capital. But now the people ...

Core Kyoto narrator Gary Tegler gets a close-up look at the Gion Matsuri, which began over 1,000 years ago, as he unravels the mystery of the decorations and meets the foreign volunteers.