KYOTO The city’s centuries-old Aoi Festival will feature hundreds of people in period attire as the “Roto no Gi” parade is revived in full this May for the first time in four years, organizers said.
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.
Before COVID hit, the ancient city's 17 world heritage sites and 2,000 temples and shrines drew 88 million tourists in in a single year. But it still can't pay the bills.