One traveler turned conventional wisdom upside down after putting planes' and trains' speed to the test in a contest from Tokyo to Kyoto.

It’s an easy 30 minute metro ride to Kyoto Station, or an hour from Osaka’s international airport. Airy, open spaces are a glossy melange of wood, glass and natural stone. Fluid-like ...

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With more than 1,200 years of history and a landscape punctuated with serene temples, vibrant markets, and world-renowned cuisine, Kyoto is where timeless traditions meet meaningful discovery.

the property’s proximity to Kyoto Station makes this the ideal stay. There’s perhaps no hotel that’s more front and center than Park Hyatt Kyoto. Located on the northern end of Ninenzaka ...

Passengers check information about train delays at JR Kyoto Station in Kyoto's Shimogyo Ward at 10:39 a.m. on April 12, 2025. (Mainichi/Saki Hidaka) A worker at JR Kyoto Station reported a ...

Invert these ideas, and you basically get Kyoto Station: a dominating steel latticework reaching some 230 feet high, plopped down like an alien craft of capitalism amid the old temples and shrines.

TOKYO: A man who was bleeding from the forehead at a train station in Seika, Kyoto prefecture, took out a knife and began attacking one of the station staff at around 6.30am on Tuesday (Feb 11).

Police in Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old Swiss man who was wielding a knife on a train station platform. According to police, an employee at JR Hosono Station called 110 at ...

The unidentified Japanese man, with a bleeding forehead, reportedly pulled out a knife and attacked a staff member at a train station in Seika in Kyoto prefecture around 6.30am on 11 February.

The unidentified Japanese man, with a bleeding forehead, reportedly pulled out a knife and attacked a staff member at a train station in Seika in Kyoto prefecture around 6.30am on 11 February. Station ...