Culture Ando Family's Handmade Dolls Bonson Lam The official Doll Makers to Imperial Family are located just minutes from the original Imperial Palace in Central Kyoto where you..
Accommodation Hotel Yoshida Higashi Maizuru Bonson Lam Hotel Yoshida Higashi Maizuru is an old 30-room premise with Japanese and Western room options. It is about 10 minutes by foot..
14 New Year at Fushimi Inari Shrine Cathy Cawood At New Year, Fushimi Inari Shrine is always extremely crowded but the atmosphere is festive and exciting. Evening is a good time..
8 Night in Kyoto Takako Sakamoto When sun sets and the temperature drops, the warm lights glow through clean air in the alleys of Kyoto.
10 Winter Morning Walk Cathy Cawood Trail starting at Rokusho Shrine and leading up into the Higashiyama Hills looked beautiful on a snowy winter morning.
11 Saionji in Kyoto Cathy Cawood This temple in northern Kyoto had a dry garden with piles of stones, a quantity of brush brooms lying on the verandah, and som..
13 Tennei-ji in Kyoto Cathy Cawood The gate of this Kyoto temple perfectly frames a view of Mount Hiei. It contains several buildings and an Inari shrine in a pretty..
7 A Walk in Kyoto Imperial Palace - 3 Shozo Fujii The original Seiryoden was built as the Emperor's residence at the end of the 8th century. Built in the palace style of the..