This week marks Lunar New Year, a holiday celebrated by millions across Asia and the rest of the world. This time around, it’s The Year of the Snake – so if you were born in a ‘snake’ year, 2025 could ...

Kyoto authorities announced Tuesday plans to hike lodging taxes, as Japan's ancient capital seeks to assuage grumbles from locals about too many tourists. Lured by its myriad sights and a weak yen, ...

KYOTO – The authorities in Kyoto announced on Jan 14 plans for a big hike in hotel lodging taxes, as Japan’s picture-perfect ancient capital seeks to assuage grumbles from locals about too ...

The city government of Kyoto said Tuesday it will raise its lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other accommodations from March 2026, setting the maximum rate at a sharply higher 10,000 yen ...

The Westfield recreation director is out amid allegations that she was involved in a scheme to submit fake invoices she had approved to the local recreation commission and was then pocketing the money ...

Japan's ancient city of Kyoto has officially announced it will raise the cap on its accommodation tax tenfold to 10,000 yen, or about 63 dollars, a night. The city started collecting the tax in ...

WESTFIELD, Ind. — The City of Westfield ... garage and full-service hotel alongside apartments, retail stores and restaurants. This phase will also feature an overhaul of Indy Eleven’s soccer ...

especially after landing his first big order for the opening of the buzzy Kyoto-based restaurant Obase, which was helmed by his wife’s former classmate Hideyuki Obase. Collaborating with one ...

Tourists walk past shops and restaurants up the hill leading to Kiyomizu-dera Temple in the city of Kyoto on Jan 13, 2025. (Photo: AFP/Paul Miller) 14 Jan 2025 04:06PM (Updated: 14 Jan 2025 05:07PM) ...

Snow continued to sweep across northern and western parts of Japan along its Sea of Japan coast Friday, draping iconic spots in Kyoto and elsewhere in white hues while also causing widespread ...

People are falling in love with Mr. Dim Sum. It’s not only because this Chinese restaurant, located inside Tukwila’s Westfield Southcenter mall, boasts a large dumpling menu (it does ...

Beauty & Essex is set to open next to novelle in the Casino of the Sky on Friday, Feb. 7, Mohegan Sun said in a news release on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The 11,000-square-foot restaurant will be operated by ...