Westin Miyako

... ) (6) Beautiful temple not actually covered in silver. We could see this from out hotel. Gion (4)  Kyoto's most famous geisha district. The Westin Miyako Hotel was perched on a hill east of Kyoto with a beautifule japanese garden and ...

... a picture with him, it was pretty funny. we then continued walking along the trails stopping at a few more shrines and then decided to head off onto Kyoto where we were staying for 3 nights at the Westin Miyako Kyoto...a bit different than our ...

... was super close to the keage subway station. The hotel was really nice especially after sleeping on the floor for the past 3 nights. The westin is known for their 'heavenly' beds, we had a king size bed and a nice view of one of the gardens. we unpacked ...

Ryoan-ji Temple, Temple of the Peaceful Dragon,  is the quintessential Zen garden located near Kyoto, Japan. Founded by the Myoshinji school of the Renzai branch of Zen Buddhist sect about 1450, the  temple grounds showcase a dry landscape ...

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 ...

Gee.  Whiz.  Today started off with an extremely unpromising backdrop: the sky was grey and pouring rain so hard that marble-sized circles were appearing and reappearing in the hotel garden’s pond.   I love rainy days.  When I ...

Thanks to the help of others, I made it to Katsura Rikyuo a lot sooner than I would have if I took the standard bus.  I was there so early that I had a chance to wander around the neighborhood to see a local shrine.  I found the Neko chan ...

Monday was a fairly dull day from a touring perspective.   If my goal was to make the move from Tokyo to Kyoto as simple as possible.  I failed. I got up, packed, and made three crucial mistakes: * I failed to check the outlets for any plugs/ ...