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Take on a marathon and enjoy winter in Kyoto 
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2025
Kyoto Marathon is now accepting entries for a race through World Heritage sites.
Dusit continues expansion in Japan with new luxury hotel promising ‘a total Kyoto experience’
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 09, 2023
Opening this September near Kyoto Station, Dusit’s second hotel in Japan, Dusit Thani Kyoto, is primed to link guests with the best of the destination – all while delighting them with unique and memorable experiences of its own. Reservations are now open.
Kyoto: Should dark history of brothels be passed on?
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023
A quarter that once flourished as a red-light district in southern Kyoto Prefecture now attracts tourists from across Japan after former brothels were renovated into a ryokan Japanese-style inn and a coffee shop.
Dusit Hotels and Resorts officially announces its grand debut in Japan – the luxurious Dusit Thani Kyoto and lifestyle oriented ASAI Kyoto Shijo
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Thai hospitality company’s exciting plans for Japan were introduced at a special event at the Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo, where company executives revealed new details about Dusit’s upcoming hotels in Kyoto and shared their vision to expand to more key cities, including Fukuoka, Osaka, and Tokyo. Among the highlights of the properties coming soon: a one-of-a-kind multi-sensory dining experience crafted by world-famous chefs, Bo Songvisava and Dylan Jones.
Japanese researchers to develop lunar, martian habitats
FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2022
Kyoto University and a Tokyo-based construction firm have launched a joint research project to develop human habitats on the moon and Mars with Earth-like gravity.
Details of Abe shooter’s troubled past emerge
MONDAY, JULY 11, 2022
The suspect in the fatal attack on former prime minister Shinzo Abe had quit his job at a factory in Kyoto Prefecture in May after repeatedly causing problems, sources said.
Witty Ikkyu remains most popular monk
MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021
TOKYO - The most popular monk in Japanese history is probably Ikkyu Sojun (1394-1481), who served as the abbot of Daitokuji temple -- one of the Kyoto Gozan, or top five eminent Zen temples in Kyoto.
Japan to decide Friday on declaring state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo
FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2021
The government is expected to decide Friday to declare a state of emergency in the four prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo, where novel coronavirus infections are spreading at a fast pace. The state of emergency is expected to last at least three weeks, beginning around Sunday.
Japan's Kyoto cherry blossoms peak on earliest date in 1,200 years, a sign of climate change
TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2021
During an exceptionally warm March in Japan, the cherry blossoms in Kyoto peaked Friday, the earliest in more than 1,200 years of records. The bloom fits into a long-term pattern toward earlier spring flowering, a compelling indicator of climate change, experts say.
Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo ask for state of emergency to be lifted this month
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2021
The governors of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures requested the central government on Tuesday to lift the state of emergency in their prefectures at the end of this month.