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    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...

    28 January 2021 - Local topics , Kyoto
  • Kyoto Ranked World's Most Popular City for First Time
    Tokyo, Last Year's Top, Falls to Sixth

    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...

    22 January 2021 - Sightseeing/Events , Kyoto
  • Sunken Ships in a Naval Port Post-World War II
    Tragic "Ukishima Maru" Also Caught on U.S. Military Film

    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...

    22 January 2021 - Local topics , Kyoto
  • Relic of "Great Ruler Mitsuhide"
    Fukuchiyama Castle

    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...

    22 January 2021 - Sightseeing/Events , Kyoto
  • Through a Russet Tunnel
    Row of Metasequoia Trees Undamaged from Typhoons

    The autumn foliage was at its finest on the "Avenue of Metasequoias" in Makino-cho, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture. Crowds of tourists were enjoying the russet-colored tunnel formed from branches stretching out from the huge trees along both sides of the road. There are 500 metasequoia trees planted along the 2.4-kilometer...

    22 January 2021 - Sightseeing/Events , Shiga
  • Kiyomizu-dera Temple's Renewed Terrace
    Gorgeous Ceremony for Completed Renovation, including Main Hall Roof

    A Buddhist ceremony was held in Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, on the morning of December 3 to celebrate the completion of reroofing the main hall, a National Treasure, and replacement of the temple terrace floorboards. Approximately 20 people, including representatives of the followers and construction workers, attended. The priests'...

    22 January 2021 - Sightseeing/Events
  • Bonfires Drastically Scaled-Back This Summer
    Seen as Points of Flame from Kyoto City; COVID-19 Countermeasures

    "Gozan no Okuribi," a traditional Kyoto bonfire event held annually on August 16 to send off the ancestral spirits that were welcomed back during the O-bon holidays, will be held on a greatly reduced scale this year to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The decision was announced on July 27...

    12 August 2020 - Sightseeing/Events , Kyoto
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