Yatsuhashi: Kyoto’s Most Popular Souvenir
Take a look in any souvenir shop in Kyoto and you will quickly see a trend. Shop after shop after
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Kiyomizu-dera Temple: Kyoto’s Most Famous Temple
It seems that Kyoto has more temples in it than any other city in Japan. So many in fact that
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Ghost Child Care Candy: Kyoto’s Oldest Candy Store
Near the Kamogawa River, the candy store Minatoya boasts being Kyoto’s oldest candy store, having opened in 1599. They only
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Fukuchiyama Castle: Home of Akechi Mitsuhide
Fukuchiyama is the largest city in north Kansai, but not so many people know this city was once governed by
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Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple: Kyoto’s Best Treaures
In cental Kyoto City is the 17th temple of Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, Rokuharamitsu-ji. Though it is a rather small temple,
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Kurama Temple: the Temple of Tengu
Far off in the wilds of north Kyoto is one of the most mysterious places in Japan, Mount Kurama, and
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Kifune Shrine: The God of Water in Kyoto
A mere half hour from the center of Kyoto will take you up the chain of mountains that cradle the
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Mount Inari: Hiking the Sacred Home of Inari
Inari is one of the most popular gods in and outside of Japan. As the god of harvest, business, sake,
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