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Gero onsen by JR Takayama Line 4 Feb 2008 | 01:30 am
I have decided to go to Gero Onsen in Gifu Prefecture that is a famous hot spring because I had come to want to visit an onsen after a long time. It is one of Japan famous 3 onsens chosen in Edo perio...
Enjoying the evening cool at Gojo-zaka Toki Matsuri Festival 18 Aug 2007 | 07:47 pm
It is natural that it is hot in the summer of Kyoto, but it is also terribly hot this year. I did not want to go out in daytime because too hot. However, the heat is at least better in the night than ...
Naginata boko of Gion Matsuri in Shijo-dori Street 28 Jul 2007 | 07:02 pm
In Kyoto, the middle of July is the rainy season yet. So there are a lot of rainy days. However, when July comes the town in Kyoto is alive with something, and people begin to get excited somehow. It ...
What is a similarity between Kyoto International Manga Museum and Kyoto Art Center? 16 Jul 2007 | 10:53 pm
I took only 2minutes to walk from the Oike station (Karasuma line of Kyoto subway) to there, and I saw people who sat on the square covered with artificial turf. It is Kyoto International Manga Museu...
The place famous for sake brewing in Kyoto 31 May 2007 | 05:20 am
If you want to drink tasty sake after sightseeing of temples or shrines at Kyoto, please go to Momoyama Fushimi Ward. Fushimi-Momoyama which has abundant ground-water is a place famous for sake brewin...
The Street of Kyoto (3); Higashioji-dori 2 31 Mar 2007 | 06:26 am
The third time of series of “Streets of Kyoto” is the north side area of Higashioji-dori. I went to north from Gion along Higashioji-dori. There is a bag shop “Ichizawa-Shinzaburo hanpu“, which has m...
Kobe 13 Mar 2007 | 01:19 am
Kobe is a good place where I who live in Kyoto can go by the day trip. That day was Chinese New Year. So I went to Kobe by the Hankyu train. It took 2 hours from Karasuma (Kyoto) to Sannomiya (Kobe), ...
Flea Markets of Kyoto (2) 25 Feb 2007 | 05:58 am
I went to Garakuta-ichi and Tedukuri-ichi. These are a different kind of market from Kobo-san and Tenjin-san that I wrote an article at last time. In these markets, the kind of the stall is limited. I...
Flea Markets of Kyoto (1) 16 Feb 2007 | 10:55 pm
Kobo-san, Tenjin-san, Garakuta-ichi and Tedukuri-ichi are typical flea market of Kyoto city, but these are not same. In Kobo-san at To-ji Temple (Flea Market) and Tenjin-san at Kitano-tenmangu Shrine ...
The Street of Kyoto (2) ; Higashioji-dori 1 29 Jan 2007 | 09:43 pm
It is Higashioji-street which runs north and south before the Yasaka-jinjya Shrine is at the end of Shijo-dori where I gave an account last time. Its another name is Higashiyama-dori. Shijo-dori has b...
