Munya Chawawa's guide to Kyoto: hidden forest temples and uber drivers in white gloves - From zebra crossing etiquette to the ...

Situated on Otowa Mountain in eastern Kyoto, Kiyomizu-dera Temple wows travelers with its ... affords visitors panoramas of the surrounding forest. Those views are even more beautiful in the ...

In 1941, when the Japanese government was salvaging metal from wherever it could for the looming Pacific War, the nation’s largest Buddhist group readily handed over its temple bells for the ...