Kyoto Imperial Palace

3, Kyoto-Gyoen, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto , Kyoto, Kinki, Japan - Phone: 075- 211-1215
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    Government building, Historic home, Park

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    All the main sites

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    Nijo Castle:

    After a leisurely sleep in we had a reasonable walk to Nijo Castle from the hotel. Nijo Castle was the Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shoguns, and is well preserved/restored. The rooms are all very open and the main feature is the elaborate wall paintings in each room. Sadly no photography was allowed.

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    Talas is putting a damper on our vacation

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    Today we visited the Kyoto Imperial Palace and had applied for a guided tour permit prior to our vacation. After our walk about the city yesterday, we realized that the palace would be walking distance from our hotel. We set out at 9am which gave us sufficient time to roam around the public gardens surrounding the palace before the tour. The tour …

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    Kyoto

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    We arrived on time (of course: This is Japan after all!) at Kyoto station. Not knowing how to get to our hostel or where the nearest subway was, we got a taxi; even though they are expensive (like UK prices) We couldn't check in to our hostel until 9am; it being 7am at the time. But the hostel owner was there eating breakfast and told us to …

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    Gold, royalty and a thousand-gates walk

    Kyoto, formerly know as the imperial capital of Japan. With as less as 1.5 million inhabitants but still one of the places to go to in Japan if you want to see all of traditional Japan. In this entry I will cover only a few of the places I've been to (I wish I could have seen it all but there is too much!!!). If you're interested in the history of …

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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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    Castles and Temples continued

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    We ate a huge traditional homemade Japanese breakfast (with some American mixed in too) in the morning at the inn. It included a ridiculous amount of food - scrambled eggs, soup with tofu, sesame flavored veggies, crab salad, a slice of salmon, seaweed, rice, green tea, a few other things I cannot remember. It was amazing though. After breakfast, …

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    Kyoto in a day...

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    ... 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 packed ...

  • 2

    Shinkansen to Kyoto

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    ... I would have to pull some evasive manuvers. I stumbled out of the hostel, no snow today, thank god. I had scheduled a tour of the imperial palace for 11:00am and it looked like I would have to wait to go to the JR ticket counter afterward, because I was ...

  • 3

    Aoi Matsuri Festival

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    ... power, including protection against lighting and earthquakes, and guaranteeing easy childbirth. One of the main events is a procession from the Kyoto Imperial Palace to two shrines within the city. We decided the easiest thing to do would be to see the ...

  • 4

    Kyoto

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    ... a picture for a young Japanese family. Last two places we visited was the Shimogamo-jinja Shrine, well worth a look and the Kyoto Imperial Palace, worth a scoot around on the bikes. We then found a dodgy cheap place for quick bite. Met one of the ...

  • 5

    Konnichiha from Kyoto

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    ... bridge and wooded walkway, in which it is said it is impossible to lie. With lunchtime fast approaching we set off to the Imperial Palace gardens with hopes of a stunning view to eat beside. We are greeted by a mammoth garden and an even more ...

  • 6

    Sakura...

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    ... it`s a high quality one with a good zoom. I used it for the first time the next morning when I got the metro to the Imperial Palace, as there were numerous brightly coloured cherry blossom trees in full bloom, and I spent a while relaxing in the sun and ...

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    Kyoto. Japan.

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    ... waiting to assassinate their next victims.  I've been watching too many Japanese films me thinks! We cycled round the Imperial Palace Gardens and found a pretty pond full (with traditional Japaneses bridge) of huge hungry Koi ...

  • 8

    Kyoto 2nd day

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    ... . It was actually fine, once I got the air-conditioning on 32 degrees! The first thing we did was go to the Imperial palace, it was originally built in 794 but has been replaced in several places, several times due to fires. The ...

  • 9

    Further Adventures of a Canadian in Kyoto

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    ... was, but it was a relief when she finally left and we could return to enjoying the surroundings. Knowing that our tour at the Imperial Palace would be beginning at 2 pm (there are only 2 English tours available each day, at 10 am and 2 pm), we left ...

  • 10

    Kyoto 1st day

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    ... ............................. KYOTO: We are planning to go and see loads in Kyoto over the next 2 days: The imperial palace and it's grounds, the National Kyoto museum, a temple called Nanzen-ji, Nijo-jo which is a castle and has ...