Japan-Korea 2017 Began Three Years Ago Today!
Three years ago today my first trip across Japan and Korea began. For six weeks I wandered all across both nations, spending four and a…
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Three years ago today my first trip across Japan and Korea began. For six weeks I wandered all across both nations, spending four and a…
Continue reading → Japan-Korea 2017 Began Three Years Ago Today!
One year ago today I got on a flight bound for Tokyo and began the journey that I’ve been writing about for the past several…
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Before leaving Kyoto I went out to Kyoto’s western region to visit the Arashiyama district. In this part of Kyoto the landscape changes from urban…
Because the attractions in Kyoto are pretty spread out over the city I had to use public transit a lot while I was there, but…
To finish up my time in northern Kyoto I stopped by Kinkakuji Temple, aka the Golden Pavilion. Like Ginkakuji Temple in eastern Kyoto, Kinkakuji Temple…
I took a bus up to northern Kyoto to visit a few places, starting with Ninnaji Temple. The temple was founded in 888 but was…
When I left Fushimi Inari Shrine I walked north to Tofukuji Temple. Founded in 1236, Tofukuji is a Zen temple and many of its buildings…
In the morning I took a bus down to southern Kyoto to check out one of the city’s premier attractions, the Fushimi Inari Shrine. If…
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When I finished at Ginkakuji Temple I decided I’d wrap up the afternoon by walking the Philosopher’s Path, which is a route that used to…
After doing a lot of sightseeing in central Kyoto I made my way over to the eastern part of the city to visit Ginkakuji Temple.…