KYOTO—For the first time in about seven years, major hotels here reported an occupancy rate of 90 percent in October, showing ...

Tokyo — The glorious ancient monuments, Zen temples and soaring pagodas of Kyoto have made it a major tourist draw for a century. The Japanese city's population is only about 1.5 million, yet it ...

The occupancy rate of 112 hotels in Kyoto City was up 1.3 points year on year to 90% in October 2025, which was record-high ...

KYOTO--The Kyoto municipal government plans to impose a tax on vacant homes to prevent young people from fleeing the city due to skyrocketing apartment prices. Demand for Kyoto properties continues to ...

Tourism has long fueled Kyoto's — and Japan's — economy, but the city now faces the growing pains of popularity. Today, this wildly popular Japanese city has been dubbed one of the world's "most ...

Japan’s oldest public art museum had grand plans for its 90th anniversary celebrations. It wanted to host a Takashi Murakami exhibition. It was less keen, however, on paying the shipping costs and ...

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kyoto City is calling for donations from a wide range of people, including those living overseas and foreign tourists visiting Kyoto in the future. Accordingly, the city ...

KYOTO -- The Kyoto Municipal Government and the Kyoto City Tourism Association have launched an online map in English and Chinese showing crowding forecasts for the ancient Japanese capital's ...

On February 2, Kyoto residents will vote to elect their mayor. Leading up to the election, one relatively new issue has become salient: how to deal with the challenges of overtourism. The ancient ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, March 11, 1955. It is republished unedited in its original form. KYOTO — Kyoto — the city of peace — is a haven for tourists and a ...