Kyoto– category –

I stepped off the train at Keihan Uji Station and heard — nothing. Not the compressed silence of a countryside town, but something more intentional. Uji simply refuses to be rushed. The only sound cutting through was the iron railway bri...

Matcha, matcha, matcha. The hands of everyone walking along Kiyomizu-zaka carry matcha soft serve. There are lines outside every shop. Matcha on every sign. Vanilla, chocolate, matcha — that is the standard hierarchy of soft serve flavor...