New Miyako Kyoto

    After relaxing for a couple days at Hakone, we set off for Kyoto, where we stayed at the new Miyako Hotel. Out of the three places we stayed, New Miyako wasn't the nicest. It was, however, conveniently located near the beautiful Kyoto ...

... and public holidays. This tour took us to Nishi-Honganji Temple instead. There are several pick-up points and we joined the tour from New Miyako Hotel. This hotel is just outside the Hachijo exit of the JR Kyoto station. The cost; 11,600 yen pp including ...

Day 4 - Kyoto We have half a day in Kyoto and will be leaving for Osaka in the Afternoon. This morning we visited Kiyomizudera (Pure Water Temple in Chinese), one of the many world heritage site in Japan. There is a shopping street leading to the ...

Click on the photo to see pictures of Kyoto, Yokohama, Tokyo, Osaka, Kamakura, and Hakone - Lake Ashi area. Japan Trip October ...

... the historic and majestic old capital of Japan.  It`s temples dot the landscape nestled amongst melange of the new and old.  Kyoto is a patchwork of temples, historic sites, cultural centres and windows into its past.  Attempting to escape ...

... Osaka Kansai airport bleery eyed on Friday morning, both of us with major stomach cramps ... made the journey over to Kyoto .. rather well for 2 new Gaijins ... and crashed out for that weird sleep only a 7 hour time difference can produce. Well, woke up ...

Today was a beautiful today.  As it was the last full day in Kyoto, I took my time getting started.  Even though I took my time, I still arrived at the shopping arcade area at least an hour before everything was open. I tried looking for a ...

... as I could, but not really appreciating them all.  There was just too much to take in.  On my way back to Kyoto Station, I saw Koshoji and Nishi-honganji Temples.  They did not take up as much space as the other temples, but it had one of ...

... book, so I have the official images of the garden in various seasons.   After Katsura Rikyuo I took the bus back to Kyoto Station and promptly solved my battery problem.  Bic Camera had about 4 floors (at least) of electronics.  I found ...

... today. I took the explanations of these seven art forms from the Gion Corner brochure as I wouldn't be able to describe them as well. This was our last evening in Kyoto. The next day would be starting a new tour to Takayama, Shirakawago, and ...

... walking 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 ...

... No biggie - as the Shinkansen departs every ½ hour or so, and we just have to figure out when we can leave. The New Miyako Hotel in Kyoto is not new.  Nor is it anywhere near the quality of the Sheraton Miyako in Tokyo.  MUCH smaller, ...

The third day, the highlight, was a trip to Mount Fuji. After we assembled at New Miyako hotel, we were taken to the Shinkansen station to go to Odawara station. There, we were taken to Hakone and Lake Ashi, a place famed for its view of Mt Fuji and ...

... It is one of Japan's oldest temple and was designated a UNESCO world heritage site in 1993. It is also one of the world oldest surviving wooden structures. Later in the afternoon, we make our way to Kyoto and prepare ourselves for an early day in ...

... trains are FAST, it is not exaggerated, everything is whizzing by horrendously fast and it is on-time to the second. Very impressive. Kyoto was a beautiful city, after venturing out for a wonder round our local area on the first afternoon we ended up at a ...