Restaurant Review
Bisan: Kyoto’s first Palestinian restaurant
Opened in November 2024, Bisan is a Kyoto branch of Tokyo’s foremost Palestinian restaurant Bisan. It seems like […]
Kamigyo Ward
Restaurant Review
Kyoto’s 3 best izakayas of all time
As a local/native in Kyoto, I’ve been in search of the best izakaya (居酒屋: Japanese tavern) for as […]
Restaurant Review
Hokodo Coffee: Japan’s oldest cafe’s Kyoto branch at Imperial Palace
Hokodo (放香堂) is a Kyoto-based tea company that opened Japan’s first cafe Hokodo Coffee (放香堂加琲) in Kobe, Hyogo […]
Restaurant Review
ha ra, Kyoto: Au naturel cafe by Kamo River
ha ra is famous for two things. One is that the cafe is operated by an ex-manager of […]
Travel
All 11 wards of Kyoto City (explained in one word)
Kyoto City is the biggest city in Kyoto Prefecture. Here is the list of eleven wards of Kyoto […]
Restaurant Review
Itosen, Kyoto: Japan’s geisha-optimized Chinese food in oldest geisha district
Itosen (糸仙) in Japan’s oldest geisha district Kamishichiken (上七軒) offers Kyoto Chinese Japanese cuisine (KMC / Kyoto machi […]
Restaurant Review
Ikura Mokuzai, Kyoto, Japan: Understated, lumber supplier izakaya
Who knew a lumber supplier could supply exquisite Japanese seafood? It’s so Kyoto. In Kyoto, being understated seems […]
Travel
20 best bookstores in Kyoto
Here are the top 10% – the most famous/popular/important – of all 295 bookstores (as of 2022) in […]