Built in A.D. 794 on the model of the capitals of ancient China, Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan from its foundation until the middle of the 19th century. As the centre of Japanese culture for ...

YAWATA, Kyoto Prefecture--Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine here is a government-designated national treasure, but it is also home to a relatively unknown monument dedicated to Thomas Edison (1847-1931).

UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--A monument honoring the 36 lives lost in an arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio has been erected in a park here, five years after Japan's deadliest mass killing in ...

The garden, as well as the grounds, are among the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, which were designated by UNESCO in 1994. Recent visitors described the temple as very special, serene and a ...