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The mikoshi procession is the sacred heart of Gion Matsuri, enacting the movement of divine spirits into the city to bless ...

A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

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Each spring in Kyoto, more than 500 people in traditional dress process through the streets for Aoi Matsuri, a festival with roots dating back to the 6th century. Some 1,500 years since it began ...

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How to get to Nasu and Nikko and where to stay Getting there Nasu is just over an hour away from Tokyo. You can get the Shinkansen, the bullet train, to Nasushiobara from around £29.

Nara, the former imperial capital only 45 minutes by train from Kyoto, is an easy day trip. Among the main draws here are the roughly 1,200 wild sika deer that roam the 1,600-acre Nara Park.

From its location, you are just a short ride from the main Kyoto station, with Shinkansen connections to Tokyo and the nearby tourist spots of Osaka and the Fushimi Inari Shrine, a 30-minute rail ...