Gion Kyoto

Kyoto , Kyoto, Kinki, Japan

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    Day 20: Temples, bears and dead fish in Kyoto

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    Woke up on the floor again. Normally this would be considered unusual, but it is something we're getting increasingly used to. So far the Co-op inn has been great. It is probably the most quiet of all of the hotels we've stayed at so far. Being on the 9th (and top) floor, and being down one corner of the hotel with no neighbours probably has …

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    kyoto

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    travelling,climbing,ooh more temples,scented forests,retro street muzak,gion,beautifull river,funky little hankyu train,blah!,endless underground transit conecting malls.aghh …

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    Temples, Graveyards and Roman Aquaduct Kyoto

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    Was a huge day today. The amount of trapsing around we had already done was beginning to take a little bit of a toll on our feet.

    Seriously- for a trip to Japan..spend the money and buy the best walking shoes you can find, as to see everything you will be walking kilometres at a time.

    We headed to north of Gion to see the Kiyomizu …

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    Geishas in Great Kyoto - Japan We Love You!!!

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    Hey again,

    So after a rather painless overnight bus journey (well you would hope for £55) from Tokyo we arrived in Kyoto in the early hours of the morning. Kyoto was the Imperial capital between 794 and 1868, and is still considered Japan's cultural heart and capital with more than 2000 temples and shrines. Kyoto is similar to Tokyo with …

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    Geisha...

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    We called in at Himeji on our way to Kyoto, as it is home to Japan's most impressive castle. We only just got there in time though as the last admissions were at 4pm - I kept forgetting that we were still in off season. It worked out fine though as we ...

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    Kyoto in a day...

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    ... want to live in such a flashy house.  I'm stumped yet again... Next on my whirlwind tour is the Kyoto Imperial Palace and National Gardens.  This enormous palace complex houses baseball diamonds packed with softball players, tennis courts ...

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    Kyoto - Memoirs of a Geisha

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    ... No Sato Art Museum (a.k.a. Samurai Art Museum) is utterly unimpressive save a quite glimpse of the weapons and armor. On to Kyoto, I grab the shinkansen (bullet train) and am there in no time flat.  Unfortunately it seems that not booking a ...

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    Keeling over in Kyoto

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    ... 'd like to have done but ran out of time - visit some of the many rural temples hidden away amongst the hills and mountains around Kyoto, and wander Gion, the old quarter, during the day time. We'll just have to visit again one day!    Here are ...

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    Kyoto - City without Accommodation

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    ... . Due to the supposed brilliance of the city, we arrived expecting to spend about 4 - 5 days of our 14 in Japan in Kyoto. The first day we arrived, we'd stupidly (in retrospect) not booked any accommodation. Upon being refused our first choice, we ...

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    Geishas in Great Kyoto - Japan We Love You!!!

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    ... 's all here. Kyoto has 17 UNESO World Heritage sites and we spent five long hot days trying to see them all. People in Kyoto and Japan for that matter were generally very pleased to see tourists and we were greeted very well where ever we went. After the ...

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    Culture rich Kyoto

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    ... sunshine day to Nara, Japan's first real capital with eight recognised world heritage sites, which is second only to Kyoto as repository of Japan's cultural legacy. Nara is a 45minute train ride from Kyoto. One of my highlights of Japan with Kofuku-Ji ...

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    Mr H, Geisha, Shogun and my favourite WAGS

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    ... walk through bamboo forests, more temples and along a river..... I starting to really enjoy Japan, staying in the Gion district of Kyoto, ive seen many Geisha running around between appointments......shogun temples, samurai swords and culture just ...

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    Temples, Geishas and out of this world food!

    ... into the cab.  Checked into the hotel and then caught up and had an amazing dinner with my uncle who lives in Kyoto. It was a Saturday night and the streets were fairly empty...of course my last frame of reference was India which never seems ...

  • 10

    Temple Hopping

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    I had originally planned on staying in Kyoto for a few days but absolutely everywhere was full, probably due to the cherry blossom festivities, so I'm basing myself pretty cheaply in Osaka and making use of the rail pass to get around the Kansai area. ...