Yasaka Shrine Kyoto

625 Gion Kitagawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto , Kyoto, Kinki, Japan - Phone: 075-561-6155

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  • Beautiful shrine in the GION district

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    ronchu 7 contributions Israel, Israel Dec 2, 2011

    Very lovely especially at spring with all the Cherry blossoms!

    This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

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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 …

  • 2

    The Big Day

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    Today was the day of the Gion Matsuri parade. I got to Shijodori about an hour before the floats were set to roll and sat down on the curb on what would be the shady side of the street. I was about halfway between the starting line and a storefront that had been converted to what seemed to be festival headquarters. Police were roping off cross …

  • 3

    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 …

  • 4

    Kyoto

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    Kyoto, the city of temples and tourists and traditional Japan. Yeah, it's very touristy but I would not go to Japan without visiting Kyoto. It's gorgeous. Everything about this city is beautiful. It's filled with gardens and flowers and rivers, dotted with shrines and temples. You could stay here for weeks and you'd still not see all the temples.< …

  • 5

    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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    Lucking out. Meeting a Geisha in Gion

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    ... to worry. The place was still a buzz with festival goers so we had a good evening mingling with the masses around the Yasaka Shrine (see photos for more on that and the festival itself). Geisha's.... and me As enjoyable and sweat producing as the ...

  • 2

    Kansai - Koya-san, Kyoto and Nara

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    ... some of the closer temples. We pedaled through the narrow streets of Gion with their traditional Japanese facades and arrived at the local Yasaka shrine just in time to see the official unveiling ceremony of its new front gate. To the sound of a ...

  • 3

    Kyoto - Castles, Temples, Shrines and Gardens

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    ... more cherry blossom and, being Friday, was being set up for the weekend picnics. Wandering (lost) through the park we find Yasaka shrine and chance upon a wedding ceremony in the shrine so we hang around for the bride, groom and wedding party to ...

  • 4

    Southern Kyoto Sightseeing

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    ... Maikos walking around, both real and fake, and a lot of men and women in traditional kimonos. Now this is Japan! Just passed Gion is the Yasaka Shrine. It is bright orange in color so it really stands out. It's grounds contained a lot of little shrines ...

  • 5

    Kyoto - temples and shrines and ...

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    Arrived at Kansai Airport, Osaka and caught the train to Kyoto - rather tired and check in not available until 3pm.  Went wandering about to familiarise ourselves, and after a good night's sleep spent our first full day wandering about again ...

  • 6

    Japanese traditions

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    ... San-nen-zaka paths.  They are lined with cute shops and restaurants and you can see temples off in the distance.  The Yasaka shrine is very pretty over the town, but it was nighttime and could not get a good picture. The next morning we took a ...

  • 7

    Kyoto part 2

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    I took things a bit easier today and took a leisurely stroll over to Yasaka shrine which was in Marayuma park. I then wandered over to Kyoto Tower to take a look at the city from 100 metres in the air and finished off by visiting Nishi-Honganji temple. I ...

  • 8

    I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike

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    ... the following gems: - Starbucks, - Gion (geisha district), - Kenninji Temple, - Sanjusangen-do Temple, - Kiyomizudera Temple, - Yasaka Shrine, - Nanzenji Temple, - Eikan-do Temple, - Philosopher's Path, - Ginkakuji Temple (a.k.a. Silver Pavilion), - ...

  • 9

    KYOTO'S GEMS TUCKED AWAY IN A BUSTLING CITY

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    ... no saints these guys! The weather’s turned quite warm so our strength was ebbing by the time we made it to Yasaka Shrine, Japan’s most popular for New Year’s Eve, when the grounds are shoulder to shoulder with party-seekers. Up the ...

  • 10

    Shouts of "Happy New Year!" will be frowned upon

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    ... in Japan, I was hoping that New Years was going to be special. I had heard good things about it. Kyoto was apparently the main place to be. Yasaka shrine, in the middle of Gion, was the main shrine to be at. The shrines were surrounded with ...