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Travel Blogs from Kyoto
Its raining, we're in Japan - it must be Sunday!
... looked as if they were going to be stuck there for ever!
Back out into the rain we walked through the deer park, past a lot of very wet looking deer who were trying to keep dry under the trees (which was fortunate as there were a lot of signs everywhere saying that the bite, kick and butt you). The next temple was Kasuga Grand Shrine which is famous for its 1000’s of stone and bronze lanterns. There were hardly any other people there ...
Kyoto day 2; history behind concrete walls
... werd het dan ook tijd om terug richting hotel te keren om nog even te bloggen en de plannen voor morgen te maken!
Zoals ik gisteren al wat had opgemerkt, heb ik Kyoto vandaag gezien als het culturele wonder dat het is. Wanneer je voorbij de drukke straten en betonnen blokken kan kijken is er een enorm rijke cultuur te vinden die niet anders kan dan tot de verbeelding spreken en een glimps geven van hoe het vroeger in het feodale Japan geweest ...
Kyoto- Geishas, Tempel, Fuchsgeister
... vormodernen Gesellschaften glaubten die Japaner ehemals an Naturgötter, die uns immer umgeben und omnipräsent sind. Dieser Glaube hat sich bis heute erhalten und in einzigartiger Weise mit Konfuzianismus, Buddhismus und der japanischen -Tradition verwoben. Es gibt Millionen von Schinto-Göttern: manchmal werden Verstorbene nach ihrem Tode zu Schinto-Göttern, aber auch Bäume oder sogar Steine können ‚Kami‘ beherbergen, eine einfache Form ...
Leaving
... Toi noi chuyen voi kumiko lan cuoi, em hom nay trong dep hon hom qua. Em rat nhiet tinh giup do toi ve duong di. Chao tam biet em, cung quyen luyen thay muon o lai day, phai chi co thoi gian nhieu chac toi se moi e di an. Em trong gian di, khac voi cac co gai Nhat son phan ngoai duong nhung em co net dep rat gian di. Roi toi len duong di den ga, rut atm va len chuyen tau Asakusa roi chuyen len keisei line. Chuyen tau toi di la local nen rat lau nuhng toi ...
Cherry Blossoms and Miyako Odori
After the devastating earthquake and Tsunami on March 11th, 2011, Japan and its people needed something beautiful to help keep them going. Cherry blossoms were just the thing. After just one month after the tragic events on March 11th, we took a trip to Kyoto to join many from around Japan to enjoy the beauty of the cherry blossom trees.
We started at Nanzen-ji Temple which was magnificent with ...