 | Old capital of Heian Japan
2008-06-23, Kyoto, Japan. By: kmunch | | We move from the present capital of Japan to the historic capital, Kyoto. It is here that we find the Japan in all the books. Tokyo was a modern city with some historical attractions, but they were ... |
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 | Shopping, shopping and some more shopping!
2008-05-27, Kyoto, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Waking up on our last morning in Kyoto was a little sad, I really enjoy Kyoto. But it was time to move on. We had breakfast and packed up all of our bags- man, we had a LOT of stuff!!. We checked out ... |
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| The shopping beast is unleashed....
2008-05-22, Kyoto, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Kyoto- Day 2
Today we were completely on our own- the first time during the trip.
After breakfast, we grabbed a cab headed for Ginkaku-ji, or the Silver Pavilion. But I soon realized that we wer... |
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| The temples, the blossoms...the walking!
2008-05-18, Kyoto, Japan. By: badgerjen | | On our 1st morning in Kyoto we had a real treat, a western breakfast!! Well, not exactly a western breakfast, but as much of one as we were going to get. Breakfast was served in our room- they came in... |
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| Tamahan and Gion
2008-05-15, Kyoto, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Next on our itinerary was Kyoto. It is said that you need to see Kyoto in every season to truly understand it's beauty- I've been there in the oppressive heat of summer and now I was to see it during ... |
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 | Reminiscing Kyoto part 2: Kinkakuji + Maruyama Park
2007-03-19, kyoto, Japan. By: tichan | | As we had a very tight schedule (not to mention the time spent finding our way – we got lost quite a bit). We chose the Golden Temple (Kinkakuji) over the Silver Temple. Cause, well, in Olympic gold m... |
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 | Reminiscing Kyoto part 1: Kiyomizudera
2007-03-18, kyoto, Japan. By: tichan | | Short walk from the ryokan (and a bit lost along the way) – we arrive at the Kiyomizudera. It was so exciting to see the building – but also soooo frustrating cause my camera battery was low bat (alre... |
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 | Love Stones and Sacred Foxes
2007-11-25, Kyoto, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Sunday morning I woke up at 7am to get an early start. Chris showed me the local temple he lived right next to, Shimogamo shrine, and then showed me the direction to Kiyomizudera, one of the most famo... |
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 | Japanese Monkeys!
2007-11-24, Kyoto, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Saturday I headed out to Kyoto from Osaka and arrived at 9am. I was to meet my friend Chris who used to work with us in Mito at 10am, so I had an hour to kill before I was gonna see him.The closest te... |
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 | The city of temples and shrines
2007-12-19, Kyoto, Japan. By: joiwatani | | My sisters and I decided to go to Kyoto. I haven't been to Kyoto myself and so with my two other sisters. I was visiting them in Ibaraki, Japan. They live in a small farming village two hours away fro... |
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| August 18 & 19- The Last Days in Kyoto
2007-09-11, Kyoto, Japan. By: badgerjen | | *** It has taken me a month but I finally have all the pictures of my trip up!! It makes me kinda sad that it has already been a month since my trip ended, but the pictures are all up!!***
* I prom... |
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| Temple Day in Kyoto (8/17/07)
2007-09-11, Kyoto, Japan. By: badgerjen | | Today is Temple Day. The last full day in Kyoto before Paul returns to Mito. I'm staying a day longer. We get up relatively early and head out on the subway for Kyoto Station. We plan on purchasing th... |
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| Memoirs of a Maiko (8/16/07)
2007-09-01, Kyoto, Japan. By: badgerjen | | On Thursday morning, I woke up and got ready to head to the Nishijin Textile Center. I had made an apointment months ago to be turned into a Maiko. A maiko is an apprentice geisha. They wear more elab... |
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 | Last Day in Kyoto before Osaka
2007-08-17, Kyoto, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Friday we were supposed to leave for Osaka but decided to try to make a few more temples in Kyoto first. I wanted to see the Kinkakuji temple (AKA the Golden Pavilion, and it really is gold!!!) so we ... |
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 | Daimonji Fire Festival!
2007-08-16, Kyoto, Japan. By: jeccojade | | Thursday we checked out of our hotel and headed over to our Ryokan Rikiya in the Gion district. It wasn't at all what we thought from the pictures. It was nice enough, but the garden was really just a... |
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 | Homeward Bound
2007-07-12, Kyoto, Japan. By: Marcat | | Well after 5 wonderful weeks today we are to make our journey home ward bound!
This mornings tour of Western Kyoto has taught Zach a new word! Raining!
We've seen palaces, temples, shrines and ... |
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 | Sake & Geisha
2007-07-11, Kyoto, Japan. By: Marcat | | Arrived in Japan！Hour and a half bus ride from Kansai airport to our hotel where we checked in to .. .. Kyle, Merrin & Zach Newlyn in the triple room and Catherine & Mark Brown in the double... |
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 | Day 5
2007-03-13, Kyoto, Japan. By: mindyjapan | | Hello fellow travelers,
Yesterday most of our group saw the Imperial Palace and wandered the streets of Kyoto for 5 hours visiting temples and shrines. There are 1600 temples in Kyoto, so no way a... |
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 | Day 4
2007-03-12, Kyoto, Japan. By: mindyjapan | | Today was a laid back day. We enjoyed breakfast of buckwheat pancakes filled with spinach, a salad made of tomatoes, jicama, cucumber and boiled potatoes, sticky rice, and tea. Then we packed up and... |
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 | Day 3 in Japan
2007-03-10, Kyoto, Japan. By: mindyjapan | | We are now back in our Royokan after a very busy day. We had a wonderful Japanese breakfast in our guest house, including salad, a staple of every breakfast here. Our breakfast was cooked by the own... |
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| Japan Day 1 and 2
2007-03-07, Kyoto, Japan. By: mindyjapan | | Hi Everyone,
We are just getting ready for bed on day 2 of our Japan trip. Today we met Mindy at Tokyo Station, where 28 million people travel through every day. We were making elaborate plans to... |
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 | Kyoto
2006-09-05, Kyoto, Japan. By: hisern | | Last weekend Julie (my colleague but from the amount of time we spend together she has been renamed my “project spouse”) and I went to Kyoto.
The past week had been rather challenging and so once... |
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 | Powerfully Peaceful Places
2006-03-25, Kyoto, Japan. By: vorn | | Kyoto's city centre is a fairly routine city centre but once you get up into the hills that inclose it on both sides it is beautiful. kyoto only has 1.5 million people, a sizeable step down from tokyo... |
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 | Alone in Kyoto
2005-05-25, Kyoto, Japan. By: Ramblinman | | Konbanwa guys!!
Thought I`d take the Banzai challenge and see how much I can write with 200 Yen on the hostel computer!! Everything`s really great, am currently in Kyoto (old capital and spiritual ... |
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 | Culture overload
2005-04-15, Kyoto, Japan. By: scecgs | | Day 5 Kyoto
Up early to ensure we got the fastest non stop bullet train, apparently they are as efficient as what you’d expect from this Japanese institution. They wait for no one.
Breakfast wa... |
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 | Tranquility
2005-04-16, Kyoto, Japan. By: scecgs | | Day 6 – Kyoto’s Country Side
Today we decided to hit the countryside surrounding Kyoto. After another spectacular breakfast provided by the hotel, it was a perfect choice! Although the bus ride was... |
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 | Kyoto after the Typhoon
2004-10-10, Kyoto, Japan. By: craisen | | I woke up to a beautiful morning in Osaka, had a traditional breakfast then we headed to Kyoto. Here I checked into my gusthouse and headed to some temples and shrines in the area. |
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 | Nara and the deer park
2004-10-03, Kyoto, Japan. By: redlands | | We took our time this morning, as trains to Nara run every ten minutes. Ollie shared some of his new photos with us at breakfast on Mr. O’Brien’s computer and Jonno and Richard reported that they felt... |
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 | Exploring the ancient city of Kyoto
2004-10-02, Kyoto, Japan. By: redlands | | We arose at a reasonable hour for a tasty buffet breakfast. Following breakfast, we made our way to the bus station and purchased our all-day bus passes. Shortly, we made our way by bus up to the famo... |
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 | Travel day
2004-10-01, Kyoto, Japan. By: redlands | | We all enjoyed a very restful and peaceful sleep in our tatami rooms, arising for a leisurely 9 am breakfast. After breakfast, we took the tour bus back to Hakone station and caught the shinkansen to ... |
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 | Koyoto's Daimonji Okuribi Ritual
2002-08-16, Kyoto, Japan. By: sbirch | | Back to Koyoto by a different train line and arriving in a different station. I made it to Koyoto fine but the station at the other end did not have an information counter and without my English speak... |
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 | 1001 Life Size Buddha's
2002-08-11, Kyoto, Japan. By: sbirch | | After three days, I'm getting used to the train and subway system so I'm venturing all the way to Kyoto. Kyoto is a modern metropolitan-city nested in lush green mountains about two hours from Osaka b... |
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