Is it a theme park's castle? No, no, no; isn't it a giant, spiral-shell object? A unique building that stirs viewers' imaginations soars on the hilly land of Kizugawa City, which is located at the southernmost part of Kyoto Prefecture and adjacent to Nara Prefecture. Its true identity is "Tatsuta...

Six contemporary artists, including renowned cartoonists and art directors of popular video games, are creating paintings on "fusuma" sliding doors at Shinjuan, a sub temple at Daitokuji in Kyoto's Kita Ward.                   Contemporary works on themes such as "gense" (the present world),...

A share cycle service, in which multiple people use bicycles utilizing IT, has been started by companies in Tokyo and elsewhere from June 1 in Kyoto City. This service is characterized by the unlocking of bicycles and fee settlement via smartphone, as well as grasping the number of bicycles available...

Ninety-six-year-old novelist Jakucho Setouchi's Instagram account begun in April has become a hot topic. Posts introducing her usual life, such as a breakfast scene, Buddhist sermon, or rehabilitation exercises, became popular, attracting 37,500 followers (registered viewers) within only a month from her joining Instagram. It is said that she started...

Neglected dog droppings encircled in yellow chalk to warn owners... Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, has been encouraging citizens' participation through its "yellow chalk operation" over the past two years. This low-cost operation is easy to launch, and seems to be having a positive effect. Attention is spreading among other local...

How do you invite foreigners who have just moved in to the neighbor's association? How do you inform them where the safe place (shelter) is? Foreign Women's Association Paruyon, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, has published "Tonari no Gaikoku-jin tono Otsukiai," or getting along with your foreign neighbors, a guidebook to facilitate...

On May 17 it was reported that approximately 100 bamboo stalks had graffiti scratched on their surfaces on the "Bamboo Forest Trail," a popular tourist site in the Saga Area of Ukyo Ward, Kyoto. There were scribbles in the English alphabet, Chinese characters and the Korean alphabet, so it appears...