The Arashiyama neighborhood of Kyoto, full of bamboo groves and Zen temples, is the site of the city’s newest—and most exquisite—ryokan, or traditi

This centrally located 327-room value hotel has spotless accommodations near shop-filled Sanjo-dori.

Super Potato is one of the designers behind the 189-room hotel with traditional flourishes—kimono fabric headboards; washi paper lampshades—in the

Billed as Kyoto’s first design hotel, the property opened in 2007 with 13 unique rooms: No. 201 has a sexy red, black, and white scheme.

This intimate 1801 ryokan near the Nishiki food market serves owner Haruji Ukai’s seafood kaiseki meals.

At this envelope-pushing restaurant the sashimi comes with a side of pesto.

The noodle shop has been dishing up handmade soba, udon, and tempura since 1465.

The temple's restaurant serves vegetarian meals such as sesame tofu and soup made of dried gourds and sea kelp.

The store's tailors stitch men’s overcoats from wool, cotton, silk, and hemp.

11th-generation craftsman Kenkichi Senda creates woodblock-printed washi paper for temple doors, as well as chic handmade pendant lanterns.

The gallery-like shop sells lacquered bamboo boxes and handwoven silk capes by local designers.

This tea shop resembles an old-fashioned apothecary, with white-jacketed attendants measuring green tea onto scales.

Taste rare brews at this low-key bar run by an Israeli expat.

Located on the lower floors of a kimono company, the complex includes a contemporary crafts shop, chic café, and steel-and-glass gallery exhibiting

The five-acre residential gardens of the late samurai film star Denjiro Okochi.

The riverside 685-year-old Zen monastery has 24 temples on the property.