9 Gardens & Parks Kyoto Shinsen-en Garden Tomoko Kamishima In 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu took most of the land from Shinsen-en Garden and built his own Kyoto residence, Nijo-jo Castle.
Culture Yume Kyoto: Kimono Hire Evan Pike Timeless treasures with just enough of modern Japan mixed in here and there... , I always tell them that they could spend their entire trip in Kyoto and
8 Historical Searching for Ryoma 4: Ryoma's Tomb Takako Sakamoto Ryoma was buried with his best friend and the revolutionary comrade, Shintaro Nakaoka, who was assassinated with Ryoma on the night.
12 Temples & Shrines Autumn in Tenryu-ji Temple, Kyoto Larry Knipfing Tenryu-ji Temple: Like most places in Kyoto this time of year, the Japanese Maples were in full bloom and proud as a peacock.
11 Temples & Shrines Oyama Dera Temple's Unique Statues Larry Knipfing Oyama, you can find Buddhist and Shinto statues, some quite old and some quite beautiful.
6 Festivals Future Shorts Film Festival, Kyoto Cheuk Fung Tong The Future Shorts Festival in Kyoto brings together global creativity and culture, fusing histories and audiences into a collective narrative.
7 Temples & Shrines Gokurakuji C. Rio Legend has it that the light from this statue was so strong that it reached the nearby ocean and blinded the local fisherman.
Historical Haunted Castle in Maruoka, Fukui Takako Sakamoto It was originally built in 1576, and although the Great Fukui Earthquake... hit the entire area in 1948 and the castle was destroyed, it was rebuilt