KYOTO--Sushi restaurants that have flourished overseas are opening branches in Japan’s ancient capital here in rapid succession, to lure in the growing number of hungry inbound tourists. In September, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In the hushed, private tatami rooms of a gracious, old wooden building in Japan’s cultural capital of Kyoto lies an ...

Chef Ichiro Kubota marries techniques he learned in Europe with centuries-old methods learned from his father, a master of Kyoto cuisine In 2009, in the beautiful, bucolic district of Arashiyama – ...

SIX DAYS A WEEK, as morning sunlight crests the Hira mountains on the outskirts of Kyoto, three prominent local chefs visit a narrow swath of fertile farmland in the river basin below. For this trio ...

Nazuna’s ryokan-style inns feature private open-air baths set in serene Japanese gardens. Try all sorts of local goodies at Nishiki Market, like pickles from Uchida Tsukemono, a specialty food shop ...

OSAKA—For the first time in six years, the Kyoto-Osaka area gained a new top-rated, three-star Michelin restaurant.

Kikkoya, an obanzai restaurant in Kyoto, serves a simple obanzai of lightly blanched spring cabbage soaked in dashi. Source: Florentyna Leow --- Watch Vanishing Foods, Sundays 6pm 21 March-9 May on ...

These Japanese chefs work at some of the most exciting restaurants in the country – including two listed in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2015 – but where do they go to eat and drink when they’re off ...

Kyoto is known for drawing crowds of tourists, who descend on the ancient capital in large numbers to soak up the scenery and taste the local specialties. But did you know there’s a hidden way to do ...

Kyoto – On a Wednesday morning in early April, a week after the launch of SoNoMa by SingleThread in Kyoto, Kyle Connaughton is reflecting on his lifelong relationship with Japan. Outside, cherry ...