KYOTO, Japan >> The popular Kamo River runs more than 14 miles from north to south in the middle of urban Kyoto. One of the ways the community enjoys the river is by crossing it on steppingstones ...

Among Kyoto’s myriad temples, shrines and other tourist hot spots, the Kamo River stands out as a rare refuge from the crowds choking the rest of the ancient capital. If the weather is nice ...

Now, sightseeing boats offer trips along it during the spring and fall. Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times The Kamo River has been a central artery of Kyoto’s social life for centuries ...

I walked along the Kamo River flowing through the city of Kyoto in the darkness. A crescent moon sits in the cold sky. For some reason, sounds from the nearby road did not bother me. As I ...

lie in the upper reaches of the Kamo River running north to south through the city. These are the Kamigamo-jinja and Shimogamo-jinja, the “upper” and “lower” Kamo shrines, respectively.

KYOTO: With the help of local residents and police officers, six ducklings waddled about 600 meters to move from a pond at a Kyoto temple where they were born to the Kamo River on May 19.