[ March 13, 2010 6:00 pm to March 22, 2010 9:30 pm. ] The annual Higashiyama hana-touro evening lantern walk event will be held March 13-22 from 18:00-21:30 nightly in eastern Kyoto, between Shoren-in Temple and Kiyomizu-dera Temple. The streets and stone-paved alleys of eastern Kyoto will be lined with electric lanterns, and artistic illumination displays are presented at temples along the route. Creatively-lighted floral displays can be [...]

KYOTO — A man arrested Monday by Kyoto Prefectural Police on suspicion of stealing an image of a Buddha from a Kyoto temple has admitted to the theft of two other Buddhist icons, investigators said.