2013.5.11.
An exhibition titled "Nihon Bijutsu no Shogon: Inori to Kazari," introducing famous works with the keyword "Kazari," or decoration, which cuts to the heart of the Japanese sense of the aesthetic, opened on May 11 in the Hosomi Museum in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto. Visitors got their fill of an ancient world in which craftsmen worked beauty into the smallest details.

2013.5.10.
Kyoto City has prepared "KYOTO Wi-Fi," free LAN wireless Internet access points in the city at 385 spots around bus stops, subway stations and convenience stores, for the purpose of enabling tourists to easily get sightseeing information.

2013.5.7.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, an American company, announced at a press conference in Tokyo on May 7 that "the Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto" will open on February 7, 2014 in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, on the former site of Hotel Fujita Kyoto. Sekisui House, Ltd. will construct the hotel. Featuring a total of 134 guest rooms, including one 212-square-meters suite, the Ritz-Carlton is making inroads into Kyoto.

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