"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...

On July 17, representatives from the preservation groups of the 23 festival floats of the "Saki-matsuri," or earlier festival of the Gion Festival, marched on foot from the intersection of Shijo-dori-Karasuma, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, to Yasaka Shrine's Shijo Otabisho. This event took place as a substitute for the float procession...

The public can currently enjoy special access into the third room of Kuro-Shoin, Ninomaru-goten Palace, a National Treasure, at Nijo-jo Castle, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto. Visitors can feel like a shogun as they enjoy a close look at the replica of the murals of pine trees on the sliding doors by...

The Kyoto Shimbun learned from police sources that the first criminal investigation section of Kyoto Prefectural Police and others arrested Yoshikazu Okubo, a respiratory physician from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, and Naoki Yamamoto, a doctor from Tokyo, on suspicion of murdering a woman in Kyoto with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...

Professor Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University has been disseminating information on the Internet in an effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. He has been consecutively uploading summaries of scientific papers and news from overseas, as well as his own recommendations, on his own website. This is regarded...

The novel coronavirus pandemic is also having a serious impact on Gion, a prominent entertainment district of Kyoto. The district had been experiencing signs of "tourist pollution" as so many tourists from Japan and overseas visited it, but now the streets are empty and the area is enveloped in silence....

The release of Kyoto Animation Co.'s new film has been postponed amid the new coronavirus epidemic that led the Japanese government to declare a state of emergency in the country's major urban areas. "Violet Evergarden: the Movie" was to hit the screens on April 24. Kyoto Animation had originally eyed...