A Day at Storm Mountain
Arashiyama (嵐山 or Storm Mountain) is a nationally designated Japanese Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty. The district, including Mount Arashi which forms part of its backdrop, is a very popular […]
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Kyoto Temple Walk – Part 2
Continuing my Kyoto temple tour, here a few more sites visited on my recent trip to Japan. Unlike the Higashiyama district, these are a little further from the city center, […]
Kyoto Temple Walk – Part 1
Kyoto is the former capital of Japan and known as the “City of Ten Thousand Shrines”. In actuality there are about 2000 temples and shrines in the city, but that […]
Kyoto’s Flower Towns
Hanamachi, literally “flower town”, is a Japanese geisha district. These areas contain historical okiya geisha houses and ochaya tea houses that are still active today, and provide a glimpse of […]
