TheGion MatsuriisKyoto’s most important festival. The festival has been taking place for over 1,000 years. Main events includeparades of enormous floatscalledyamaboko, the selection of a “sacred child,” and carrying a portable shrine through the town. Attendees dress in colorfulyukatarobes and...
If you can nab an upper-floor room, the views are spectacular. Where to Stay for Budget Travelers: Shibuya When most non-Japanese people think of Japan, particularly Tokyo, they think of Shibuya — whether they know it or not: the bright flashing lights, the glass skyscrapers, the ...
If your ticket orIC carddoes not have enough money to pay for the train fare, you not will be able to get through the ticket gate. If this happens, make way for the people behind you to get through. Since ticket gates are common choke points within stations, it is important not to h...