The best way to get around Kyoto is by bus and on foot. The abundance of English-language signs and announcements make Kyoto's bus systems easy for visitors to navigate. The city's subway can also ...

Kyoto is considering hiking public bus fares for visitors to up to double those for locals from fiscal 2027 as parts of the western Japanese city struggle with overtourism, its mayor said Wednesday.

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Feb. 21 and March 1. The first story was viewed by 18.4% of our regular readers. (The ...