KYOTO--The Kyoto municipal government plans to impose a tax on vacant homes to prevent young people from fleeing the city due to skyrocketing apartment prices. Demand for Kyoto properties ...
But worse than that, residents had started to complain about their city. Tourists were often loud and disrespectful, and there were too many of them. Kyoto didn't want to go back to that after the ...
By making virtual tours accessible and jazzing up the historic site, Kyoto hopes to encourage people to visit the city in person, but not like in the past. The city of Kyoto was a tourist ...
Kyoto city is looking to enforce the nation’s first such taxation system in 2026 at the earliest. The city’s assembly approved a draft ordinance for the new tax in March 2022.
The green and white Kyoto City Buses hit most of the city's major sites, but even better are the Raku Buses (routes 100, 101 and 102), operated by the Kyoto City Bus. Raku Buses, which leave from ...
It is autumn leaf season in Kyoto, when the vibrant foliage turns the already picturesque Japanese city into a startling masterpiece. As with the arrival of cherry blossoms in the spring ...