Honmeno Sato Kameoka
3 Shimizuguchi, Honmechonakano Kameoka, Kyoto, Kinki, 621-0252, Japan
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Kyoto, Japan
... salad and rice, followed by a lovely ice-cream and sorbet desert. It was a truly great lunch, for those who had never heard of Kobe beef please refer to Wikipedia, link;-
What is raw fish and Miso about? (I apologise in advance to all Japanese food and sushi lovers).
Anne and I have never been great fans of Sushi or Sashimi but thought “when in Rome”…..and all that.
We visited local traditional style restaurant, which had ...
Heijokyo Palace & Kofukuji Temple
... finishing in five minutes. Most of the artworks displayed around the venue also seemed meaningless to me, although the sphere art in front of the Suzakumon Gate (See a pic) harmonized with the lit-up gate. The candles placed around the hall were beautiful, but not so impressive to me, because I experienced the same thing in the Nara Park a few years ago. Incidentally, the similar event can also be seen in the Osaka Castle. All in all, I was ...
Temples, Shrines and late night all you can drinks
... off to have a browse. The markets were arts and crafts, some cool stuff but nothing that really caught my eye. After I noticed we were close to a temple that was rated quite highly. As everyone wasn’t really helping in ideas of what to do or how to get there (and if it was left up to them I don’t think we would have seen a lot) I took over and directed us towards the temple Ginkakuji. This temple was tree Zen style with a raked sand and ridges and mountains it ...
Temple-tastic Kyoto
... choose. Our first stop was at the Kinkaju (golden) Temple. This Temple is-surprise, surprise-covered in pure gold and looks like a giant jewelry box sitting in the middle of a glass lake. Visitors couldn’t go inside, but there was a woodland path to follow around the grounds. On our way out of the temple, we refreshed ourselves with big cones of soft serve ice cream. Rather than the ...
Kyoto
... we were able to get on with the business at hand, getting to the Golden Pavillion. Rain was forecast but the skies were full of puffy clouds and sun, a perfect day for Kyoto. We saw the Golden Pavillion and walked the gardens. I wanted for Mike to have tea in the tea house, something Yayoi and I have done. Then after buying the mask that I`d waited 8 years to buy we went our our way. We`d decided to have some lunch before going to a shrine and I found that I`d left ...


