Blogs from Kyoto, Japan, Asia - page 90

Kyoto is known for their traditional shrines. I didn’t really think much of Kyoto because temples and shrines got a little tiring after a while. The pictures are more interesting.... read more

Colorful leaves (koyo) are to the Japanese autumn what cherry blossoms are to spring. The viewing of autumn leaves has been a popular activity among the Japanese for centuries and today still draws large numbers of viewers to famous spots. Today, accompanied by Ayako, I went by Keihan Line to the temple of Tofuku-ji, one of the best, if not the best spot, in Kyoto to do some Momiji viewing. If you know me outside of this blog then you probably know that autumn is my favorite season. It's a common occurrence for me to completely stop walking and daze into the beauty of autumn for minutes at a time at random locations. Unfortunately I thought autumn colors had missed Japan, but in actuality the leaves just manage to not change until almost December, very ... read more

Kyoto, whichwore the crown for 10 centuries before, is still the classic Japanese city. The tradiational arts, crafts, customs, language, and literature were all born, raised and refined here. Kyoto has the incomparable gardens, the magnificient temples and shrines. Kyoto has the most artful Japanese cuisine. I have three times visited Kyoto (in Spring 2003 with my parents, in Autumn 2004 with my husband and Autumn 2005 with my sister and father and many times passed it in my trip. It was a beatiful city, the real Japan. ... read more

We just finished two weeks of travel through Japan starting from Kyoto. By train we went to Takayama and stayed at a ryokan which is pronounced yo con and is a japanese style hotel. What we did in Takayama is walk around and look at temples. My dad got us lost and we almost missed our bus to Nagano. We ate a lot of things made from rice from street vendors. Reminder, check out the gallery for more photos of Japan. The bus to Nagano was over mountain roads and I slept the whole way. My mom said the road had big drop offs and the bus driver was really good. Then we ran to a train for a 30 minute ride. Nagano is where the Olympics were. When we got off the train there was ... read more

Today I went to Fushimi Inari near Kyoto, it was only about 30 minutes from Hirakata and was really beautiful. Fushimi is famous for the thousands of Orange Torii or gates that line its paths leading up the mountain. The amount of torii is unimaginable, I walked for nearly 2 and a half hours and didnt find the end of the paths or the torii, Also along the trail there are a few areas to stop and take in the view of Kyoto which is prectacular as you eventually climb pretty high on the trail as it winds up the mountain, I highly reccomend that people visit this shrine as it is quite beautiful and its also free which was nice.... read more