Visit to Kyoto
Trip Start
Aug 20, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 01, 2009
Kyoto,
Japan
Friday, October 24, 2008
This street is known for its Geishas
So addresses are a bit complicated in Japan but to make it a bit simpler all you need to know is that Japan is broken up into 47 prefectures which are similar to our states. We are living in Osaka prefecture which is part of the "Kansai" area. The Kansai area is known for it's history of Japan and usually on the top of tourists list of places to visit.
Looking across the river
We are very lucky in that sense because there are many places we can go and visit in just one day. This weekend we decided to head out to Kyoto and see what there is to see. There is a smaller castle in Kyoto which we didn't enter but we walked to see where it was. Also, Kyoto is famous for it's geishas. You can see them wander the streets in certain parts of town.
The castle we didn't go in!
There are also many temples and shrines here but we didn't go visit any of those. Instead we scouted out an English second-hand book store which was quite small but chock full of books. We stocked up on a few months worth of reading materials! After that we headed to an Irish pub called "The Hill of Tara". They advertise live Irish music every weekend as well as a Western menu.
KJ enjoying the Irish bar
We eat quite well and then hung to wait for the live music. As it turned out, the band was about 5 Japanese men and women who did indeed play Irish music but there was no singing. Well, KJ did help out when he could but the Japanese were not singing :-) After a long day of walking around we came home with full bellies, tired legs, and some fun pictures!
Our new favorite pub :-)
