uncrowded Kyoto

Kyoto received 44 million visitors in 2019. By 2026, numbers had climbed back to 38 million. The bamboo grove at Arashiyama now sees 15,000 people per day in peak season. Kinkaku-ji feels like a train station concourse. But Kyoto still holds places where you can stand alone with a 400-year-old garden. I spent three weeks […]