"Burapi" has come to Kyoto... Brad Pitt, an American Hollywood actor who is known by the nickname "Burapi" in Japan, visited Japan to promote his film. On August 23, he took the Tokaido Shinkansen, which is associated with the bullet train in the movie, and arrived at JR Kyoto Station...

The "Self-Defense Force Festa 50, 70 in Shiga Takashima" was held in Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture, on August 7. The beautiful and dynamic flight of the Blue Impulse, an acrobatic flight team of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, in the blue sky attracted many visitors. This year marks the 50th...

"Gozan Okuribi," a traditional summer event in Kyoto of bonfires to send off the ancestral spirits welcomed back during the O-bon holidays, was held at each mountain surrounding Kyoto City on the night of August 16. This year, all the fire beds were lit for the first time in three...

With Japan sizzling under scorching temperatures this summer, a greenery association in Kyoto Prefecture's Nagaokakyo has planted a large "green curtain" of "goya" bitter gourd vines in a popular park to provide shade to locals. Under the 150-square-meter curtain of vines at Nishiyama Park, the intense summer heat is vastly...

July 18 marked the third anniversary of the arson-murder attack at Kyoto Animation's No.1 Studio, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, which killed 36 people. After the memorial service held by the company on the studio's former site, President Hideaki Hatta expressed his grief, saying, "No matter how many years have passed, my...

The second float procession of the Gion Festival, called "Ato Matsuri," began in the center of Kyoto City on July 24 after a three-year hiatus. The Taka Yama float, the tenth of eleven floats, made a full return to the procession for the first time in 196 years. The Taka...

The "Saki Matsuri," or first float procession, of the Gion Festival, one of Japan's three major festivals, began in the center of Kyoto City on July 17 after a two-year hiatus. The procession was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The giant wheels of the float...