Lol, it’s true, I went back to Fushimi Inari Shrine a third time before leaving Kyoto. It was getting late in the afternoon and I…
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In the late afternoon I found myself in the central part of Kyoto and while I was there I passed through the Nishiki Market. This…
Just a bit north of Kiyomizudera Temple is Kodaiji, one of Kyoto’s notable Zen temples. Kodaiji was founded 1606 to enshrine the spirit of Toyotomi…
I was feeling really good after my successful expedition to Fushimi Inari Shrine and I decided to follow it up by visiting another of Kyoto’s…
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, I figured I’d share a video that I took with my phone while walking through Senbon Torii at Fushimi…
On my second full day in Kyoto I had visited Fushimi Inari Shrine in the hopes of getting a nice photo of the shrine’s famous…
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At night I went back out into the Higashiyama District and I was able to get a nice photo of the road that leads up…
Before leaving Uji and returning to Kyoto I hiked up a hill to the Daikichiyama Observation Deck. From up there I caught a view of…
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Upon leaving Byodoin Temple I crossed to the other side of the Uji River and stopped by Ujigami Shrine. This little Shinto shrine is the…
Rather than doing more sightseeing in Kyoto, I spent the afternoon down in the town of Uji. It only takes about 25-30 minutes to reach…
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