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...

The procession of a major festival in Kyoto will be held on Oct. 22 after a two-year suspension amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. The "Jidai Matsuri" (Festival of the Ages), one of the city's three main festivals, was first held in 1895 to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of the foundation...

A traditional Kyoto townhouse-style inn near Kinkaku-ji, or the Golden Pavilion, a condominium for investment near a train station... "Shenjumiaosuan," a Japanese real estate information app for investors in Greater China, shows an array of properties in Kyoto City with prices ranging from tens of millions of yen to over...

The "Kyoto Gozan Okuribi Rengokai," the union of preservation associations of Kyoto's traditional O-bon bonfire event, announced on June 28 that this summer's bonfires on the evening of August 16 will be fully lit for the first time in three years. For the last two years, in response to the...

As the Gion Festival float procession will be held in July for the first time in three years, details for the events of the communities operating the floats during the "Yoiyama" period prior to the procession and for the temporary traffic restrictions by Kyoto Prefectural Police had been determined by...