First it is WORLD Heritage Listed! And it is so elabourate that you can FEEL the overpowering authority of the Shogun - (which is true for quite ...More |
This place just screams amazing. I am referring to the garden that wraps around the shrine. I think I could spend a whole day here, but I had to force ...More |
Description: Held on the 21st of every month, Toji market attracts traders and bargain-hunters from all over Japan and abroad. A good place to find antique ... More |
Yes, it's overrun by tourists - on my last visit a tour bus dumped a truckload of Japanese high school kids on their graduation trip - but there is a ...More |
Ah, the Silver Pavillion. People go there for it alone, and then take the bus back. DON'T! Instead, follow the Road of Philosophy south, have a ...More |
I actually love Ryoanji and am there each time I'm in Kyoto. I love to sit down and just stare at the rock garden. However, for this quintessentially ...More |
Well, it's really very ancient and it's far from anything... And it has it's own atmosphere.... The lake is just beautiful, it's so peaceful.... To my ...More |
Unique, very tasteful indigo textiles both vintage and contemporary. Sometimes you can watch the indigo dying process. Authentic goods---expensive but ...More |
Description: Located right in the heart of the city, the Imperial Palace Park contains the buildings of the Imperial Palace. With its wide expanses of grass and ... More |
Description: Despite David Bowie's connections with the city of Kyoto, he has never visited Golden Years. If he had, he might have been interested in the ... |
Description: Famous for its maple leaves in autumn, this major Rinzai sect Zen temple was established by Michiie Kujo in 1236. We are told that he wanted to boost ... More |
Description: Kokedera ("Moss Temple") features four and a half acres of garden with 22 types of moss under dark trees. The garden was conceived to aid ... More |
Description: This is a darkish, subterranean place with occasional live performances catering to a young clientele who enjoy the low prices and underground feel ... More |
Description: If it is a framed picture of the Virgin Mary for JPY850 that you need, or perhaps a red Chinese handkerchief with which to dry your eye, then you ... More |
Description: This would be Stop number 15 if one were taking the popular pilgrimage course of the thirty-three Kannons. To thwart advancing age and its ... More |
Insho Domoto's paintings are stunning. His attention to detail is simply amazing. I had to buy a print of his Princess painting, and sat looking at ...More |
Description: Cozy and very friendly ethnic goods shop located in the covered arcade section of Teramachi. Ayumi has a wide selection of Indonesian batiks, colorful ... More |
Higashi Honganji is the most important place for the Jodo Shin Sect(Nishi honganji which is located in near the Higashi Honganji is also ),And we say ...More |
Our family visited Fushimi Inari last summer on a rainy June day. We hiked up as long as we could - through thousands of the red torii that formed ...More |
Description: Soak in the atmosphere at recently refurbished Funaoka Onsen (actually a public bathhouse rather than a hot spring). Funaoka Onsen still retains many ... More |
Description: A sub-temple on the western side of the large Daitokuji complex, Koto-in contains national treasures from both Japan and China. Less visited than ... More |
Description: Built in 1633 by the then-shogun Iemitsu Tokugawa, Jishu Jinja houses the guardian spirit of Kiyomizudera , the god of love. People of all ages come ... More |
Description: The Japanese tea ceremony is world famous, but if you have no chance to be involved in one of these, a visit to Ippodo is definitely worthwhile. ... More |
This tiny bar is one of those bars that people from all walks of life simply float into. They have all domestic and a few foreign beers, including the ...More |
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