Higashiyama
East-side temple district. Kiyomizu-dera, Sannenzaka, Ninenzaka, the Ishibei Alley. Arrive at opening; leave before the buses.
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CITY · KANSAI · N° 003
Kyoto
京都
The city you visit is not the city you photograph. Kyoto rewards travellers with a specific craft, a specific temple, a specific hour of the morning.
LAST LIGHT ON PONTOCHŌ — April 2026. Photography by H. Miyamoto.
The city you visit is not the city you photograph. Kyoto rewards travellers with a specific craft, a specific temple, a specific hour of the morning.
I · NEIGHBOURHOODS
The quarters.
Nishijin
The weaving quarter. Wooden machiya storefronts, kissaten with 1970s wood, loom workshops still in operation. Morning only.
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Pontochō
The river street — one block wide, six blocks long. Tea houses, yakitori counters, and the last hour of sun on the Kamogawa.
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What brought you here.
III · PLACE
Featured places.
IV · DISPATCHES
