KYOTO -- Tourists keen to visit Kyoto attractions but equally keen to avoid big crowds are increasingly getting up with the lark to put in a spot of morning sightseeing. With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions and border controls, Kyoto's temples, shrines and hotels are looking to cash in on these early risers.
A little after 7:30 a.m., about 90 tourists enjoyed looking at the variously colored foliage of maple trees and pines reflecting on the surface of the pond in a garden at Tenryuji temple, a World Heritage site in Kyoto's Arashiyama district.
