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Kyoto Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kyoto, Japan
From Kyoto to Nara
This is a top pick! ... ) went to the hostel (Higashiyama YH) to check in. The hostel was in Higashiyama area, about 6 stops from Kyoto station. I immediately liked the area which featured small alleyways, shrines and temples. I didn’t particularly like ...
Kyoto
This is a top pick! ... pretty central location in Tokyo. And I have a spaghetti dish for dinner, from the supermarket...when in Rome...no wait I'm in japan...where sushi is STILL expensive! Incidentally, because the bottom lounge is full and the top one is thick with smoke and ...
Apparently there was an earthquake today...
This is a top pick! apparently there has been an earthquake. Now you might be wondering why I am the last to her about this being where I am.... I've been out sightseeing then making my way to Osaka today - where I did notice that the trains were a bit chaotic, an at one ...
Kickin' it in KYOTO!!
This is a top pick! ... is lined with beautiful Buddhist temples with sakura starting to blossom everywhere. It really is a beautiful time to be in Kyoto. I would highly recommend coming here around this time. Japanese and foreigners are out in the thousands to ...
Stay in a Ryokan with a bit of history
This is a top pick! Ishihara Ryokan is centrally located and is a great place to stay for your sightseeing time in Kyoto. The Ryokan (Japanese inn) is housed in an 80 year old building, which the current owners, the Ishiharas, bought 50 years ago when it was an antique ...
kyoto cont`d
This is a top pick! ... feel the need to be more cautious about those 2 parameters in Istanbul. think about the side streets of beyoglu... japan seems to have a significant homeless population. i have seen many people sleeping in boxes on pavements and inside Kyoto station. ...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Travellers
This is a top pick! ... without knowing too much about it. From what I had learned about Kyoto it was very much one of the more traditional areas of Japan. I was expecting a lot of old castles and forests and that kind of shit. We arrived and for the first time in our travels ...
final day in kyoto
This is a top pick! ... . then, got off at a farming complex situated between mountains. for some reason i thought that such scenes didn`t exist in japan, but there it was. old Japanese ladies collecting beet-like vegetables with their heads covered. reminded me of Turkish ...
Leila's visit, long weekend in Kyoto
This is a top pick! ... - whether it be a huge bright orange tori gate, a temple complex with monks, or a giesha scurrying to her next appointment. Kyoto is a bustling city like many others, but at the same time feels so far from other cities I've travelled to. Japanese history ...
kyoto
This is a top pick! ... doesn`t have much of a subway system. there are only 2 lines, one vertical and one horizontal, forming a plus in downtown. kyoto was much smaller (the population size is almost a twelfth of Tokyo`s) and more modest than Tokyo. remember the ...
Beijing to Kyoto
... sat smug as the poor saps filed on to the back of the plane. We were a little concerned about catching the bullet train to Kyoto out of Tokyo because we'd heard that the train station is very busy with multilevels of tracks and over 3000 trains per day ...
on the seven seas- a day in the life of a sailor
... , class was cancelled because of the rough seas. It's chilly outside and the pool deck is for the first time empty. We arrive in Japan tomorrow morning. Our last port, I can't believe it is our last stop. I have been through so much and seen so many ...
Temples and Geishas
... - yes, in the city centre - as we walk to the Imperial Palace, which is not far from the hotel. Kyoto was the capital of Japan for about 900 years and many Emperors therefore lived here, though it's questionable as to how many of them exercised real ...
Kyoto, Day 1
... . The temple had beautiful gates and pagodas, but the most impressive attraction was a tall wooden terrace providing wonderful views of Kyoto and densely forested hill surrounding the temple. Near the base of the temple's main hall, there was a clear ...
Kyoto, old capital of Japan
... for Kyoto that morning were already at the hostel and the plan was to do a bit of sightseeing the next day. Kyoto was he capital of Japan before it was moved to Tokyo and is still the capital in terms of temples. There`s temples everywhere, you ...
Kyoto Day 2
... hire someone wearing white gloves and a fake smile to escort you to the machine? We next hit up Sanjusangendo Hall. This is Japan's longest wooden structure. It however, did not dissapoint. Inside are 1,001 bronze statues of Kannon. Wow. It was pretty ...
Castles, shrines and tea houses
... picture of the emergency torch that every hotel room is meant to have in case of fire or earthquake. We caught the Skinkansen to Kyoto and then hailed a taxi to take us to the Kyoto Kokusai Hotel. It was right opposite Nijo-jo (the equivalent of the ...
The Philosopher's Walk
... & shrines that we never stopped at, onto Eikando temple. The 2km long path is named after a Japanese philosopher and Kyoto University professor who used to walk this path and meditate. It is quite delightful, and made more pleasant as the hundreds of ...
Into the training
... it makes it pretty easy for me to see a lot of Kyoto. I have been to quite a few of the famous temples, bath houses, the Kyoto tower and the monkey forest already. I guess we are ticking a lot of the tourist boxes early while he is on holiday and has ...
A Reflection
I am aware that most of my observations about Japan have been of a negative nature. That is not to say that the experience of being here has been an entirely negative one. On the contrary, it has been highly stimulating to try to fathom a culture which, ...
Not a Tourist
... which means beautiful, is used to describe women, trees, views or something which is tidy or orderly. I learned this because; in Japan people think I'm really good looking. That is a real strange sensation I must admit, I have never thought of myself ...
Amanohashidate
... to do. It is a famous sandbar, connecting two sides of the tango peninsula (Monju and Fuchu) in the northern part of Kyoto prefecture. Amanohashidate means 'bridge to heaven' in Japanese, and is known as one of Japan's top three scenic views. It ...
If the kimono fits
Taking the advice of my dear friend Fred who recently spent a few months in Kyoto, Katie and I boarded the Shinkasen(Japanese speed train) and headed south. Kyoto certainly did not disappointe. It was the imperial capitol for centuries and that history ...
Kyoto day 2; history behind concrete walls
... bij hun rijke verleden in een van de kastelen die hier terug te vinden zijn. Het is duidelijk met reden dat dit de culturele hoofdstad van Japan wordt genoemd en terug komen lijkt nu al een echte must! tl;dr Het was mooi, veel cultuur gezien. ...
Following Protocol
... (or bell) is mightier than the break. Kyoto jingled to the sound of Anti and my bibcycle bells for a good three days. We followed Kyoto with a night in a Buddhist temple in the middle of rural Japan. Half way up a mountain, this commune is the home of ...
Kyoto, Shrines, Temples and the Imperial Palcae
... , Ryoanji Temple, 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 ...
gettin my culture on in Kyoto!
... here. hopped on the shinkansen (bullet train - yes it is super fast!) from tokyo to kyoto last week. kyoto is considered the culture capital of japan, chock-full (why do people say that?) of temples, shrines, parks, interesting and tasty food, nightlife, ...
A huge day in Higashiyama
... functioning and in very good condition. Apparently, it is a canal called "Sosui" which is a waterway constructed between Lake Biwa and Kyoto city. The water is drawn out at Otsu City, passes Nanzen-ji Temple and runs to Keage at Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto ...
Moto to Aramayisha
... out motor cycles in Kyoto. Quite a palava but half an hour later we were on the road to Arashyama about 20km West of Kyoto. We managed remarkably well and got to exactly where we wanted to be without getting lost or being arrested. Driving here, pretty ...