Kyoto Royal Hotel And Spa

We boarded the Shinkansen at 8.15am bound for Kyoto and arrived about 10.30am, caught a taxi to the Kyoto Royal Hotel.  Because check in was 2pm we left our luggage and journeyed off to the Gion district which was a 15 minute walk from the Hotel, we ...

... lovely on the bikes, as people in Kyoto cycle on the footpaths and not on the roads. This marked the end of our Kyoto trip, so we relaxed at the hotel spa with a foot massage and cold drink to celebrate - then it was onto the bullet train back to Tokyo. ...

... with instructions on how to get to our hotel by subway.  In addition, we received the latest version of the Kyoto Visitor's guide containing tidbits of information about what to see and do. We also made adjustments to our departure JR tickets for an ...

... hour in and it was getting quite dark. Luckily we bumped into an American expat who suggested a scenic walk taking in a lot of Kyoto's traditional streets that ran alongside the canal. We would never have come across this route if it wasn't for our chance ...

... runway putting out flares on the ground to cordon off other vehicles. That was impressive. The moment we reached Kyoto, we were taken to Kinkakuji, the famous Golden Pavilion, which was created on 1397. The place was swarmed with ...

... We sampled some and found them delicious.  We later learned that they were called Izutsu Yatsuhashi, a well-known confectionary item from Kyoto. And so ends our sightseeing tour of Japan.  Tomorrow, we leave Kyoto early to head back to Tokyo, in ...

Our second day in Kyoto and we boarded a local train and went to see the Fushimi-Inari-Taisha Shrine in southern Kyoto.  The head shrine of some 40,000 Inari shrines located throughout the land, it was founded in 711 and dedicated to five Shinto ...

... First took the bus to Nijo Castle. This was a long zig zagged type building with sliding doors and wall artwork. Interior had royal courts re-enactments with manniquins, like in the movies, but no photography was allowed. Kyoto is like Gyeongju in Korea. ...

... First took the bus to Nijo Castle. This was a long zig zagged type building with sliding doors and wall artwork. Interior had royal courts re-enactments with manniquins, like in the movies, but no photography was allowed. Kyoto is like Gyeongju in Korea. ...

... them if you are making a booking as you might be able to get a discount. Kyoto - In Kyoto I stayed in the Kyoto Royal Hotel. Its located near the Imperial gardens as well as the downtown area of Kyoto and is well served by the Kyoto metro. Very good ...

... amazing how far knowing how to say "hello," "where," "please," "thank you," and counting to ten will get you.  Our hotel in Kyoto is nice.  It supplies robes and slippers again, luckily.  We did our first load of laundry when we first got ...

... and old school ryokan too, so lots of photos the temples are so beautiful, next we decided to head to the Kyoto Palace Gardens, and the colours of the leaves and the absolute cleanliness here is amazing, something most definitely that every country needs ...

... , miso soup and rice.  The food was absolutely amazing and the portions were sizeable.  Now satisfied, we retired to our hotel to refresh ourselves and take a break.  In the evening the rain had subsided so we decided to venture out. ...

... we decided to head for a walk back to our hotel along the Kamo River. Before long we reached the main district near our hotel, did a brief peruse through the market style shops and then proceeded to head back to our hotel for a relax and some dinner :). ...

So today was a great day we headed to to the outerskirts of Kyoto to a district known as Arashiyama. Being one of the more well known areas due to its abundance of temples, beautiful gardens, great scenery and of course monkeys too!! It was only a short ...

Just before heading back to our hotel for the night like we do most nights, we stopped at the local convenience store.  7/11, Family Mart, Lawsons all carry an assortment of relatively easy to decipher snacks like egg dogs and ice buns.  This ...

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... into a strange new world called Japan. We have planned to go to the ancient city of Nara. From the hotel we stayed in, we took a subway to Kyoto Station. The route itself is such that we have to change station at Karasuma Oike from Shiyakushomae and then ...

I`ll start by saying that I personally have several tattoos on my body in many different foreign languages.  And despite my best efforts Its possible that some of them are either lost in translation or grammatically incorrect (and I`m ...