This guide is about the Arashiyama Area in the West of Kyoto, near the mountains. As the sights and cafés/restaurants there are pretty close

In 1601 Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shōgun of the Edo period (1603 - 1868), initiated the construction of Nijo Caste by ordering all feudal l

Inspired by his gransfather's Golden Pavillion Kinkakuji, in 1482 shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1436-1490) built his elegant retirement villa