Getting Around
Tokyo to Kyoto: Shinkansen, Night Bus or Plane?
The Shinkansen is the right answer for almost everyone: 2 hours 15 minutes, about 14,000 JPY, no check-in. Here is what the…
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Plan Your Trip
Where to Stay in Kyoto: The Five Areas, and the New Lodging Tax
Kyoto is a city you see before nine in the morning, which makes where you sleep matter more than it does in…
Japan Column
What Japanese People Think of Tourists — and the Unspoken Rules
Japan welcomed record visitor numbers and then started introducing tourist taxes, screens over viewpoints and residential no-go lanes. The honest version of…
Destination Guides
Kyoto in 3 Days: The Route That Skips the Crowds
Kyoto's problem is not that it is crowded. It is that it is crowded between ten and three, at eight specific places.…
Plan Your Trip
The Classic 7-Day Japan Itinerary (and How to Stretch It to 10)
Two cities, one Shinkansen, three day trips and no repacking after day four. The route that works for a first week in…