Category: Sightseeing

Plan Kyoto Travel – National Holidays in Japan

2013年4月5日2016年4月12日 by kennyblink360

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When you are planning to visit Kyoto or Japan for sightseeing, you might want to check the National Holidays in Japan as well as in your own country. Why? Because depending on the time, the number of people visiting Kyoto is very different. If your holidays coincide with Japanese ones,…

Spring in Kyoto – Plum Blossoms

2013年4月2日2016年1月3日 by kennyblink360

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[caption id="attachment_130" align="alignleft" width="300"] Plum Blossoms in Kitano Tenmangu Shrine[/caption] Spring in Kyoto usually begins in the middle of March. For example, the highest temperature on March 17th was 19c (66f) and the lowest was 11c (51f). I think it's safe to say that spring started on that day, here…

Cherry Blossom Fever in Kyoto

2013年3月30日2016年1月3日 by kennyblink360

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The cherry blossoms aka Sakura are popular here. Possibly more popular than you think. You wouldn't believe how the whole nation starts to talk about when certain types of flowers begin to bloom like it's a national agenda. Also people enjoy having parties under the cherry blossoms. Kyoto is one…

How Many Temples/Shrines Are In Kyoto?

2013年3月29日2016年4月12日 by kennyblink360

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There are many. Many more than you think. It was way more than I thought. I was curious how many temples and shrines were in Kyoto, so I asked a professional who knew everything about Kyoto, an experienced taxi driver. So which do you think; 1. 50 2. 100 3.…

Kyoto Chionin Temple’s Illumination Project 2013

2013年3月27日 by kennyblink360

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Kyoto has many illumination events all year around. This year, Chionin Temple had a wonderful, state-of-the art project. It is officially called "Chionin Projection Mapping". As you can see in the video below, the gate called Sanmon was lit up like a screen for moving artworks made by many different…

Kyoto Tower Under Renovation

2013年3月23日2015年12月25日 by kennyblink360

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As of this writing Kyoto Tower is under renovation because of its elevator, so you can not go up to the observation deck. (more…)

What is Kyoto like

2013年3月20日2016年4月12日 by kennyblink360

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Before talking about Kyoto, you need some basic information about Japan. Japan consists mainly of four big islands; Hokkaido, Honshu , Shikoku and Kyushu (from north to south). Honshu consists of Tohoku, Kanto, Hokuriku, Tokai, Kansai and Chugoku regions from north to south. Kyoto is the name of both a…

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