The top honor comes with some irony in a year when foreign tourism practically vanished, but it also offers some hope for the city’s tourist industry. Kyoto has struggled during the pandemic as ...

Shoden-ji Temple, David Bowie's favorite with view of Mt Hiei. For the Maui News/Jon Woodhouse photo Editor’s note: Jon Woodhouse, who writes regular arts and entertainment articles for The Maui ...

KYOTO—The central government approved Kyoto city’s plan to impose a tax on unoccupied homes and villas in hopes of prompting their owners to either inhabit, rent or sell the properties.

Laundry, by Hong Kong-born Lee Kit, was a piece of defiant mundanity included in the public programme of Art Collaboration ...