Kyoto, Japan Travel Blogs

... distance of Yodobashi, a huge electronics building, so I browsed around there the next morning as I desperately needed a new camera before Kyoto. Nothing really tickled my fancy, so I refrained and went to meet Andrea at the train station, and we had a ...

A travel blog entry by rich
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... to see yet another castle, albeit one that is considered to be the most magnificent in Japan... I`d had a mixed bag of weather since arriving in Kyoto, but thankfully full bloom brought along blue sky, which always makes sightseeing more enjoyable (not ...

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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 were ...

A travel blog entry by rich
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Kyoto is known for its mass number of Shrines and Temples throughout the city. Each one has a small purpose like protect this city block, or give me wealth, or was erected because of a good or bad event happened in someone's life. They are beautiful, old ...

A travel blog entry by scott_and_amy
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... (motel). That day it was a great experience. April 6th , 2007 Kyoto - Arashiyama We spent a whole day in Arashiyama. Beautiful bridge, sakura ( ...

A travel blog entry by cristinaw
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by madman96
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A travel blog entry by elsewhere
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... American girl. As luck would have it, we got sat next to a couple of Japanese guys who spoke perfect English as they taught at Kyoto University, and they were great for recommending sake for us to try. I was in one of those moods where I just wanted to get ...

A travel blog entry by rich
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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 place ...

A travel blog entry by madman96
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Kyoto is the ancient capital of Japan, and in striking contrast to Tokyo is a much more cultural sort of place. In many ways it's just plain beautiful. There are countless temples and gardens Kyoto is the home of ...

A travel blog entry by ad_n_caz
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... immediately boarded a local train to Kameoka Station so that we could catch a hotel bus to the Sumiya Ryokan. The air around Kyoto felt noticeably colder, but the people and the city were far more cultural than Tokyo. Inside the station, people walked at a ...

A travel blog entry by ramdux
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... that I settled for a Cub-O-Noodle and a beer at the Circle-K about a half mile from the hostel! 1-11 Kyoto is the old capital of Japan until 1868, and is still the cultural capital in a sense. People in Kyoto embody the qualities and practically define ...

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer
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... you view the garden from. Leaving the garden a little cross-eyed I walked back through some narrow back streets in Kyoto wondering how they ever find exact addresses here with no street names and so many little houses jammed in together. Before ...

A travel blog entry by alasdairm
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... on and us dancing around in a circle to the set moves of the dance. One of the most beautiful moments I have had in Japan. Kyoto itself is only about an hour out of Osaka on an express train and so since it's a pretty traditional Japanese area we ...

A travel blog entry by itsem
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Kyoto is the cultural heart of Japan. A nice city, though not as pleasant in our opinion as Nara, Kyoto is packed to the gills with temples, palaces, shrines and with Japanese ladies in kimonos scampering along traditional looking streets. One can ...

A travel blog entry by tavini
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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 took ...

A travel blog entry by benleah
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... I didn`t stay overnight, but it was nice to stroll around somewhere new having spent so long walking the streets of Kyoto. There was some interesting architecture down by the port, including the obligatory Tower and the ultramodern Maritime Museum, and I ...

A travel blog entry by rich
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... went to see the famous castle, then calm our paranoia at the local bar with a jug of Sake. The following day we left for Kyoto, Mrs Ryokan did not seem to realise we were actually meant to be staying two nights, but then she did not seem to know who we ...

A travel blog entry by ad_n_caz
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... Kameoka Station. I made a point of buying a can of hot coffee from the vending machine located outside the station. Japan has fantastic vending machines located everywhere in the city areas. Each vending machine serves cans and bottles but what is truly ...

A travel blog entry by ramdux
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by scott_and_amy
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... , so took a walk down the hill to the Ryoanji Temple, past the local university to a much quieter neighbor hood of Kyoto. I actually preferred this temple to the Golden temple as it was simpler, and more serene. The visitors fee was cheaper too! The ' ...

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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. ...

A travel blog entry by alasdairm
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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 with ...

A travel blog entry by vine_hooligans
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by dacraic
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... to Japan. I managed a full four days away from the rat race here, visiting the ancient capital of Kyoto, the even more ancient capital of Nara, and Osaka, Japan's second city. I'm glad to say the trip was well worth the pain of working extra days before ...

A travel blog entry by kitch_in_japan
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... still wearing the rubber toilet slippers. An unholy commotion ensued with tears shed amongst the staff. Kyoto is the old capital of Japan and is truly beautiful. Still jetlagged I was up with the roosters and Japanese pensioners in ...

A travel blog entry by supertrampz
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... 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 to ...

A travel blog entry by tracystravels
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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 slap ...

A travel blog entry by hodge
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It happened to be the festival time in Kyoto just before we left Japan and our flight out is from Osaka, which is very near so we returned to sample the festival in full swing. To be continued...........

A travel blog entry by m-and-c
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