When summer arrives in Japan, evenings turn into something almost cinematic. The days are long and lively, but as twilight falls, the air cools just enough to invite people outside again. It doesn’t matter if you’re in Kyoto, Tokyo, or a countryside town along the coast, […]
Summer in Kyoto… that intense, humid heat you only get in a city surrounded by mountains. It can feel pretty overwhelming, right? But thanks to that very heat, Kyoto created one of its most magical summer traditions: kawadoko. If you’ve been avoiding it thinking “It’s probably […]
