Fushimi Inari Shrine
This is one of the most unique places we’ve ever been. The shrine itself is pretty run-of-the-mill, but they have a thing here with the orange gates. Inari is the…
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November 1, 2014
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Kyoto Station
From the Hozu River gorge we headed to the other side of Kyoto, but made a stop at Kyoto Station to change trains. We decided to explore for lunch because…
Hozu River Gorge
Right next to the bamboo forest and Tenryu-ji temple is the eastern end of the Sagano Railway, which is a tourist train that runs through the Hozu River gorge in…
Tenryu-ji Temple
By the time you get to this point in a trip to Japan you start to get “temple fatigue”. Temples all start to look alike you you get an ever…
Bamboo Forest
Kyoto is pretty spread out and the sights are all around the city so we chose to group things together so we could hit more than one without a lot…
Hyatt Regency Kyoto
There isn’t a huge selection of hotels in Kyoto — a number of properties known to Japanese travelers but for western travelers there is either the Westin Miyako or the…