is one of the most photographed spots in Kyoto. The gold-plated, 3-story pagoda sits on a large pond. It is designated a National Special Historic Site, and is one of 17 locations throughout Kyoto ...

It’s hard to miss this 5-story pagoda in Higashiyama-ku between Kiyomizu-dera and Yasaka-jinja shrine. This is one of the most popular attractions in Kyoto. Not necessarily for visiting ...

Despite being just a two hour bullet train from bustling Tokyo, Kyoto offers travelers a very different pace. Home to hundreds of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, this peaceful city is well ...

Back in Kyoto’s Minami Ward, visitors can step into the first floor of a five-story pagoda with national treasure status at Toji temple. The Association of Kyoto Traditional Culture Foundation ...

KYOTO -- Bronze artifacts unearthed here on the grounds of Kinkaku-ji golden temple may have been part of the Kitayama Daito tower, a supposedly seven-story pagoda thought to have been built ...

The climb up to the stilted main hall and nearby pagoda is worth every step for the views west across Kyoto. Photograph by Mark Parren Taylor Climbers cleanse their hands at the font on the way.

Instead, the Italian nuclear-physicist-come-microelectronic-specialist cast conventional wisdom aside and sought inspiration in the architectural splendor of the Japanese city of Kyoto.

"We made several different prototypes, and from those, the final version was selected for production," said Iku Tatsumura, president of the Kyoto-based ... in front of the pagoda-style temple ...