Kyoto treasures

Twelve cultural sites in Kyoto, Japan, not open to the public before are open until March 18, 2009. Included is Myoshin-ji, Kyoto’s largest Zen temple, containing 46 sub-temples. And Myoko-ji, a temple in a bamboo forest, is showing a print of the Edo painting “Fujin Raijin Zu Byobu,” which the temple used to protect.

Visit www.kyotowinterspecial.com or contact the Japan National Tourism Office (New York, NY; 212/757-5640, www.jnto.go.jp/kws).