Kiyomizu Temple - Kyoto

An amazing world heritage listed temple build on the side of a mountain... It and the grounds around it were very well manicured and looked after...

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2007-06-13 Amazing Japan

June 13th 2007
We're now in Japan, and loving it. Another whole day of travelling starting with a taxi at about 5:30am to Beijing Airport and ending with a bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto where we are now staying. Japan is just gorgeous!! We are staying in the ToJian guesthouse where there is about as much English as we have Japanese but the host is this wonderful little old man who gestures just enough to ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kyoto

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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