A married couple began selling hamburgers from a food truck twice a week after moving to the husband's hometown Miyama-cho, Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture. The couple has been operating food and drink establishments in Kyoto City but had to close one of their shops due to the Covid-19 pandemic. So,...

Yui Ohashi, the first Japanese female swimmer in history to win two gold medals at a single Olympic games, visited Hikone City Hall, Shiga Prefecture, where she is from, to report her achievement at the Tokyo Olympics to the mayor. Smiling, she took a photo with Hikonyan, the city's popular...

Light-emitting Noctilucae planktons are drawing attention in Ine Bay in the Sea of Japan town of Ine, northern Kyoto Prefecture, as they gather and glow blue on the edge of the surf. Some people are shooting the photogenic scenery, with the blue water adding a fantastical atmosphere to a scene...

An ancient Buddhist ritual to pray for peace in the country was held in Kyoto amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Goshichinichi Mishiho ritual was conducted for a week from Jan. 8 by high-ranked monks who had tested negative for the coronavirus. The ritual was started in 835 by Kukai, who...

Kyoto City has been selected as this year's Best Big City in the world for the first time in the annual ranking by Conde Nast Traveler, a leading U.S. travel magazine, moving up from second place last year. This shows Kyoto's enduring popularity despite the ongoing restrictions on tourists entering...

It has been discovered that the United States National Archives and Records Administration has preserved color film of warships sunk or stranded in Maizuru Bay, Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture. The film was shot by the U.S. military in 1946, a year after the end of World War II. The film...

The three-tiered, four-story keep soars over a mountain range shrouded in the morning haze and the majestic Yura River. Fukuchiyama Castle in Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture, was built by Mitsuhide Akechi, the protagonist of NHK's historical drama television series, "Kirin ga Kuru," or Awaiting Kirin. The castle is still popular...