Culture Kyoto Konchi-in’s Tsuru-Kame Garden Tomoko Kamishima Kyoto's Konchi-in Temple Garden was designed by Kobori Enshu (1579-1647) in around 1630, but it was a talented gardener named...
12 Culture Kyoto Nijo-jo’s Waraku-an Teahouse Tomoko Kamishima Waraku-an is a comfortable teahouse in Seiryu-en Garden at the World Heritage Site, Nijo Castle. The well-trimmed beautiful g...
12 Culture Kyoto Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima More than 800 stone statues sit close together at Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple. Splendid autumn leaves put their arms around t...
Activities Kyoto Tenryu-ji’s Hojo Garden Tomoko Kamishima In Kyoto's Arashiyama, the landscape of cherry blossoms and autumn leaves are very special, although this district attracts p...
Accommodation Jam Hostel Kyoto Gion Peter Sidell In Japan's former capital of Kyoto, Jam Hostel Kyoto Gion is a friendly, central backpackers' hostel, convenient for transpor...
11 Activities Kyoto Suiro-kaku Walk Tomoko Kamishima The Biwako Canal flows from Otsu to Kyoto and was built in 1890 with a beautiful brick-made bridge, Suiro-kaku in the precinc...
Activities Jishu Shrine and San-nen-zaka Shozo Fujii Kyoto is a city of prayers. Thousands of temples and shrines dot this town, in labyrinthine alleys, nested into the folds of ...
Culture St Mary's Anglican Church Okazaki Bonson Lam St Mary's Church was founded over a century ago in 1911, on the south-western corner of Okazaki and Marutamachi Streets. Holy...
8 Culture Wandering around Fushimi Inari C. Rio At the entrance courtyard to Fushimi Inari, you are greeted with architecture similar to most other Japanese temples, but duc...
10 Culture Autumn at Tōfuku-ji Stacey Lin Tofuku-ji is one of the Five Great Temples of Kyoto. It is an easy 10 min walk from Tofuku-ji Station on the JR Nara - Keihan...
