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With six three-starred restaurants in this year's Michelin guide, Kyoto continues to build on its reputation as a gourmet destination.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 28, 2026
Gourmet capital Kyoto now has six three-Michelin-starred restaurants
The latest edition of the Michelin Guide Kyoto & Osaka sees Miyamaso earn three stars ¡ª the first time since 2020 that Kyoto has a new three-starred entry.
SoNoMa chef partner Kyle Connaughton (right) and chef de cuisine Keita Tominaga both have ties to Sonoma County in Northern California, the restaurant¡¯s namesake. Connaughton rose to prominence there with SingleThread, while Tominaga¡¯s father ran a Japanese restaurant in the region.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 27, 2026
The American chef reconnecting with Japan through a Kyoto restaurant
Kyle Connaughton reflects on a career shaped by "kaiseki," California farming and a lifelong pull toward the country that inspired him.
Authorities are concerned that the spread of baseless information in the case of Yuki Adachi, whose father was arrested after the boy's body was found this month, could impede police investigations.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2026
Kyoto police warn of misinformation in case of arrested father and dead boy
Authorities are concerned that such baseless information circulating on social media could impede their investigation.
Rooms at Capella Kyoto, a new luxury hotel located steps from one of the city's most historic geisha districts, start from ?394,200 per night for two people.
LIFE / Travel
Apr 24, 2026
Capella Kyoto continues ancient capital¡¯s luxury hotel boom
The newly opened lodging occupies the site of Shinmichi Elementary School between the Kaburenjo Theatre and Kenninji, Kyoto's oldest Zen Buddhist temple.
A sprawling retrospective on Moriyama, a giant of Japanese street photography, is on view at the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art, as part of annual international photo festival Kyotographie.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 23, 2026
Kyotographie's Daido Moriyama retrospective resonates in an age of endless images
A dense, sprawling retrospective at the annual photo festival reflects Daido Moriyama's lifelong question: What does a photo do?
Police investigate a public bathroom in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on Saturday where they suspect 11-year-old Yuki Adachi's body might have been temporarily placed.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 20, 2026
Kyoto suspect told others son was missing before school called home, police say
The suspect was arrested last week after admitting to killing his son in the high-profile investigation.
A vehicle believed to be used by the father suspected of killing his son is transported to a police station in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 19, 2026
Arrested father of Kyoto boy allegedly searched for ways to abandon body
Police are investigating 37-year-old Yš±ki Adachi, believing that he attempted to delay the discovery of his son's body.
Police investigators on Saturday inspect a public restroom in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, in connection with the death of 11-year-old boy Yuki Adachi.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 19, 2026
Kyoto police inspect public restroom tied to boy's death
The father is believed to have relocated the body several times around the city.
A vehicle that is believed to be that of a father suspected of killing his son is transported to a police station in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2026
Father of Kyoto boy admits to choking him to death, investigators say
While an autopsy carried out on the body has failed to determine the cause of the boy's death, the victim is estimated to have died in late March.
After working at his family's restaurant in Kyoto, chef Koki Watanabe moved to the countryside far north of the city, opening Inaka no Taiho in 2021.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Apr 17, 2026
Chickens go from coop to table at Inaka no Taiho
The talented Koki Watanabe offers a farmhouse-style dining experience in the woods of northern Kyoto.
Sculptor Kohei Nawa's first solo show in Los Angeles debuts 20 new artworks this month.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 17, 2026
At Kohei Nawa¡¯s studio, the world is seen through glass bubbles
Kohei Nawa's "PixCell" series, a play on the words pixel and cell, explores the way we view objects by covering them in glass beads that magnify and distort.
A vehicle carrying suspect Yš±ki Adachi enters the Nantan Police Station of the Kyoto Prefectural Police in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on Thursday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2026
Investigators in Kyoto murder case say suspect's dashcam footage was deleted
The Kyoto Prefectural Police believe the 37-year-old suspect, Yš±ki Adachi, may have deleted the footage to conceal his movements.
Two boats that capsized ¡ª leaving two people dead, including a high school student from Kyoto ¡ª in the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 20
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2026
Probe into fatal Okinawa boat incident continues one month on
At the time of the incident, wind speeds of up to 4 meters per second were recorded around the site, and a wave advisory was in place.
A vehicle carrying Yš±ki Adachi leaves the Kyoto Prefectural Police¡¯s Nantan Station as the suspect is transferred to prosecutors on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 16, 2026
Father admits to murder of son found dead in Kyoto Prefecture
The man had been arrested earlier on suspicion of abandoning his son's body in the mountains.
Investigators are seen at the family home of 11-year-old Yuki Adachi, a boy who was missing for three weeks before his body was found in the mountains near his school, in the city of Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 15, 2026
Police raid family home of boy found dead in Kyoto Prefecture
The body of elementary school student Yuki Adachi, who had been missing since March 23, was found on Monday in the mountains of Kyoto Prefecture, with the cause of death unknown.
Police officers are seen on Tuesday at the site where a body identified as that of a missing 11-year-old boy was found a day earlier, in the city of Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2026
Body found in Kyoto mountains identified as that of missing boy
The body was found in the mountains about 2 kilometers southwest of the school in the rural city of Nantan that 11-year-old Yuki Adachi attended.
Polic cordon off the area around where the body of a child was found on Monday in Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2026
Police find body in search for missing Kyoto boy
Yuki Adachi, 11, a student at a local public elementary school, has been missing since March 23.
Investigators from the Japan Coast Guard seize materials from the office of a civic group in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, which operated boats that capsized in a deadly accident last month during a study trip of students from the Doshisha International Senior High School.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2026
School operator to face probe over fatal boat accident in Okinawa
Two vessels carrying students from Doshisha International Senior High School capsized while viewing land reclamation work for the planned transfer a U.S. military base.
The Kyoto prefectural police found a pair of black sneakers of the same brand as those worn by 11-year-old Yuki Adachi, who went missing in late March in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2026
Shoes possibly worn by missing boy found in Kyoto mountains
The sixth-grade student in an elementary school in Nantan went missing after his father dropped him off near the school at around 8 a.m. on March 23.
Police officers search for 11-year-old Yuki Adachi in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 30.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2026
Police are left with few clues as search for missing boy in Kyoto continues
Yuki Adachi, 11, went missing on the morning of March 23 after his father dropped him off at his elementary school in the rural city of Nantan.
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A statue symbolizing former South Korean comfort women in Seoul
Head of U.S. military in South Korea calls for ¡®kill web¡¯ linking Seoul, Tokyo and Manila
U.S. Army Gen. Xavier Brunson (center), commander of U.S. Forces Korea, walks on a pontoon bridge with U.S. and South Korean Army soldiers during a U.S.-South Korea joint river-crossing exercise, part of the annual Freedom Shield joint military training, near the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Yeoncheon, South Korea, on March 14.
Japan considers making language programs a factor in residency screenings
The government is considering creating a Japanese language program for foreign people that would be a factor in residency screenings.
Yen soars as Japan intervenes after issuing 'final' warning
Pedestrians walk past a stock quotation board showing the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen, outside a brokerage in Tokyo on Thursday.
'RikuRyu' signs off in emotional farewell
Figure skating pair Riku Miura (left) and Ryuichi Kihara pose for photos at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday. The pair have announced their retirement from competitive skating.
Head of U.S. military in South Korea calls for ¡®kill web¡¯ linking Seoul, Tokyo and Manila
U.S. Army Gen. Xavier Brunson (center), commander of U.S. Forces Korea, walks on a pontoon bridge with U.S. and South Korean Army soldiers during a U.S.-South Korea joint river-crossing exercise, part of the annual Freedom Shield joint military training, near the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Yeoncheon, South Korea, on March 14.
The Japanese dietitian who keeps the Blue Jays¡¯ engines running
Sports dietitian Yuka Sanui works behind the scenes to ensure Blue Jays players get the most out of their bodies when they step on the field.
The American chef reconnecting with Japan through a Kyoto restaurant
SoNoMa chef partner Kyle Connaughton (right) and chef de cuisine Keita Tominaga both have ties to Sonoma County in Northern California, the restaurant¡¯s namesake. Connaughton rose to prominence there with SingleThread, while Tominaga¡¯s father ran a Japanese restaurant in the region.
Inkonbini: Slice-of-life, cozy gaming from Japan¡¯s convenience stores
Alongside the simplified management of a convenience store, Inkonbini asks players to help a small cast of regular shoppers with not only their shopping but problems in their personal lives.
Japanese developers worry over construction supply shortages amid Iran war
Paul Nikel, President of West Canada Homes, with an increasingly rare supply of plastic foam

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