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74 reviews 37 travel blogs 205 photos Attraction Type:
Religious site, Historic site
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Geishas in Great Kyoto - Japan We Love You!!!
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...
... went round at a leisurely pace, crossing the lake on the numerous stepping stone trails. Not too far away from Heian Shrine is the Kyoto Handicraft Centre which is a great place for souvenir shopping, so after Ali had munched on some octopus balls, ...
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Sakura...
... , a famous walk along a canal lined with cherry blossom trees, and had a stroll to the colourful Heian Shrine. In the evening, I explored the Gion area of Kyoto and even spotted a geisha, albeit very briefly. Gion is the place where most of the geishas ...
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Suuuuuummmmmmoooooooo....
... of Kinkakuji (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion), alone: And here is some video of the mighty Heian Shrine. I think I may have appreciated Kyoto even more the second time around. I don't think Japan necessarily enjoys, or indeed promotes, the ...
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Leila's visit, long weekend in Kyoto
... where geisha have lived historically, we walked around after dark to see if we could find one!! no luck today :( DAY 3: Heian Shrine (Chinese gate) with HUGE tori gate outfront Ikendo temple (more temples and zen gardens, each a different sect of ...
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Kyoto, Shrines, Temples and the Imperial Palcae
... , Kinkakuji Temple, (Golden Pavillion) and the Imperial Palace, and after lunch which we will have at the Kyoto Handicraft Center, Heian Shrine, Sanjusanjen-do, and Kiyomizu Temple. In Japan there are 1000 Buddhist temples and 300 Shinto shrines. A ...
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Temple Tantrum
... so than Ginkaku-ji, which was still a fairly planned environment, Nanzen-ji was a world apart from the tacky bustle of the Heian shrine. Like Ginkaku-ji, Nanzen-ji was originally built as a retreat, this time for the emperor Kameyama, but upon his death ...
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Kiyomizudera & de rest!
... staan alle bloesembomen om de tempel in bloei. Helaas is dit alleen in april te zien. Daarna gaan we even langs de Heian Shrine. Deze lijkt een beetje op de Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. Het heeft een prachtige grote binnenplaats en het maakt op de een ...
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NICK: Golden Week: Kyoto II
... and the people they meet. This wasn't quite as interesting, but really cool to see the traditional geisha dancing. We went to Heian shrine after that, remarking just how many foreigners that we saw as we walked. My guess is that they were there for ...
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Kyoto, Osaka, Kyoto again
... Heian Shrine, which has one of the biggest shinto gates in the whole Japan, if not the biggest. It was indeed gigantic. After Heian Shrine was Ginkakuji, the Silver Pavilion (which we didn`t really see, as it was getting late, and the entrance was ...
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Heian Shrine, Sanjusangendo, Kiyomizu, Gion Corner
... capital to Heiankyō (Kyoto), and the latter was the last before Emperor Meiji who moved the capital to Tokyo. The Heian Shrine hosts the Jidai Matsuri, one of the three most important festivals of Kyoto. The procession of this festival begins at ...
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