Kyoto

Although it was extravagant, we had Kaiseki-ryori (a traditional Japanese meal brought in courses) in a Japanese-style restaurant, Hyotei, in Kyoto. This restaurant started as […]

Beside Nanzenji temple in Kyoto, Murin-an (“an” means hermitage), a second house of Aritomo Yamagata, who was a politician in the Meiji period, is situated. […]

Yoshimine-dera Temple, located at the southwest end of Kyoto City, is a picturesque spot for the viewing of colorful autumn foliage, highly regarded by a […]

In addition to Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, Kyoto has many famous Japanese-style restaurants. Among them, we went to a most famous Kyo-ryori restaurant, “Mankamero,” […]

The temple halls of “Mimurotoji” temple stand halfway up the mountain. The hydrangea garden of the temple spreads out from the hillside to the foot […]

We went to Mimurotoji-temple in Uji City, Kyoto. The Buddhist temple was built by order of Emperor Konin about 1,200 years ago. The temple is […]

On the last day in November, we went to “Tofuku-ji” Temple to see the red and yellow leaves. “Tofuku-ji” is a Zen temple, the head […]

After we left the “Tofuku-ji” Temple, we had lunch at one of sub-temples of the “Tofuku-ji.” The sub-temple serves vegetarian food at the lunch time […]

Next, we went to Koetsuji (Koetsuji temple). You can get there in 3 or 4 minutes from Genkoan temple. This is a Nichiren Buddhism temple, […]

Takagamine is located in northwestern Kyoto-City, and has three mountains. This area is in the outskirts of Kyoto and people hardly lived there. It is said that emperors […]