A deer was found stranded in the Takanogawa River, which was swollen due to heavy rain, in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, around 10:30 a.m. on July 5. While nearby residents and staff from the Sakyo Ward office, who rushed to the scene, kept watch over the situation, the deer swam through...

On July 2, the "Kujitori-shiki," or a ticket-drawing ceremony to decide the floats' order in the Gion Festival's "Yamahoko Junko" procession, was held in the municipal assembly room of Kyoto City Hall in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto. For the first time in 13 years, the "Toro Yama" float drew the position...

A special exhibition titled "Miyako no Nenju-gyoji," or annual events of the ancient capital Kyoto, which retrospectively looks at the seasonal events of Kyoto, including Gion Festival, "Gozan Okuribi" bonfire and others, through materials from the Edo Period, is being held at Otani University Museum in Kita Ward, Kyoto. A...

Lush leaves have popped out from the top of a signpost standing at Ogi 1-chome, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. The sight might surprise drivers traveling along the road who catch a glimpse of it. The signpost was found on a prefectural road, which is about one kilometer northwest from the...

June 23 is "Irei no Hi," the memorial day for those who died in the Battle of Okinawa. An English translation of part of a diary, written by a soldier believed to have been from Kyoto who died in the fierce ground battles waged in Okinawa 73 years ago, was...

A brood of seven ducklings hatched from Call duck eggs that were incubated by a Spotbill duck at Fukuchiyama City Zoo, in Izaki, Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture. The Spotbill duck carefully kept the eggs warm for about 20 days in place of the parent ducks which abandoned them during incubation....

A rapid increase in the number of accommodations in Kyoto City due to the boom in visitors to Japan is having a serious impact on citizens' daily lives. There have been a series of cases in which real-estate agencies forced tenants out of leased houses to convert them into hotels...