Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kyoto is blessed with wonderfully preserved historic districts like Higashiyama - Sean Pavone/Getty Kyoto needs little ...

Traveling to Kyoto is high on the wishlist for most tourists who come to Japan. The city is home to countless shrines, golden temples, and walls of bamboo forest and hidden gems amidst the canals.

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A view of the ocean from a suite at the Iki Retreat by Onko Chishin on Iki Island, Japan. Its translucent teal waters, neatly terraced rice fields and ancient Shinto shrines make Iki Island an ...

Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Taisha, or Fushimi Inari Shrine, is one of the most distinctly beautiful places in all of Japan. Walking paths wind up and around the mountain that the shrine’s main building ...