This is the Osaka to Kyoto bullet train process and experience on the Shinkansen high speed train in October 2023. The train ...

Experience Japan’s most breathtaking autumn landscapes on rail. From Kyoto’s Romantic Train to Toyama’s Kurobe Gorge, ...

Mishima-tei: The best sukiyaki in the heart of Kyoto. Taro Mishima, the restaurant’s fifth-generation head chef, specializes ...

Talk about your whirlwind trips, this one leaves me jet-lagged just thinking about it: two nights in Tokyo, two nights in Kyoto, unified by a 135-minute ride on the “bullet train.” The “Tokyo-Kyoto by ...

Hop on the viral Sagano Romantic Train as it travels through forest illuminations along rural Kyoto’s Hozugawa River Valley ...

Japan doesn’t do daylight saving time, so it was already dark when I left northern Kyoto’s Ichijoji Station at dinnertime one September. The area’s 14 UNESCO World Heritage sites were closed for the ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Sit on the mountainside of the train (left side from Osaka, right side from Kyoto) for the best riverside and seasonal foliage views. Cars three and four have window benches ...