Compared to other large Japanese cities, Kyoto’s city center has remarkably little rail service. With no train lines running through the downtown area, and only two subway lines, if you want to get ...
KYOTO--Desperate to thin out tourist crowds here, the city government will slap visitors with an accommodation tax of up to 10,000 yen ($63.80) per person per night, starting March 1.
Kyoto has become so congested with tourists that organizers of school trips are opting to stay away from the ancient capital.
Foreign visitor numbers have grown more than fivefold, but for some the surge is a reminder of the country’s economic malaise ...
Once weary of hordes of foreign tourists crowding its narrow streets and ignoring etiquette, many in Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto are longing for their return — missing the revenue they brought ...