Here, the Kamo played a special role — having carried mikoshi (portable Shinto shrines) from places of worship across Kyoto, priests would then dip ritual wands into the river’s flow before ...

KYOTO, Japan >> The popular Kamo River runs more than 14 miles from north to south in the middle of urban Kyoto. One of the ways the community enjoys the river is by crossing it on steppingstones ...

The Kamo River has been a central artery of Kyoto’s social life for centuries, and people play, dine and ride bikes along it. Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times.

KYOTO: With the help of local residents and police officers, six ducklings waddled about 600 meters to move from a pond at a Kyoto temple where they were born to the Kamo River on May 19.

I walked along the Kamo River flowing through the city of Kyoto in the darkness. A crescent moon sits in the cold sky. For some reason, sounds from th ...

Many lights shine on the outdoor terraces of restaurants along the Kamo River in Kyoto on May 1, 2023. (Mainichi/Kazuki Yamazaki) =Click/tap photo for more images. KYOTO -- Riverside dining on ...

Kyoto’s two oldest shrines, collectively known as the Kamo shrines, lie in the upper reaches of the Kamo River running north to south through the city. These are the Kamigamo-jinja and Shimogamo ...