Such graveyards, where trees mark the remains instead of gravestones, have grown in popularity, and not just in Kyoto, which has at least five sub-temples offering the service. Tree burials are ...

Fortunately, it’s also led to an influx of new hotels, particularly of the luxury variety, like the Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto. Nestled in the hills of the city’s Higashiyama ward ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special ... Most visitors come for the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½ ...