Shu Sui Tei House Kyoto

Wonderful Kyoto

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October 9th 2009
No room on the bus for a guided tour of Kyoto... so we did a self tour... Geoff Mackie style !.... cost us a subway day pass and about 4800yen in total. Compared to the guided tour cost of 11,600yen each !!!! How's that for saving ????? We got to all the castles including The Imperial Place and Nijo Castle and Heian Shrine and we also got to even the Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts.Kyoto was th ... read more

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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