After Tokyo, it's time to talk about Kyoto. Kyoto is a nice town. Is not as big, modern or active as Tokyo, but it is much more beautiful. You can find some kind of temple or shrine around every corner, and it also has a lot of traditional culture (such as tea ceremonies) and places.
I travelled to Kyoto from Tokyo on the 29th of January using the bullet train, a very fast and easy way of travelling.
Some of the most famous temples and shrines i visited were Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavillion (its name comes from a golden structure it has), Ryoan-ji (which has a famous Zen stone garden), and Fushima Inari-taishi (which has long rows of torii, making it quite labyrinth-like). I also visited the famous Gion districts, a Geisha district (unfortunately I didn't manage to see one there), which also has a lot of shrines and temples, one of which held a festival where I saw dancing Maiko (Geisha apprentices), and managed to get some soy beans they were throwing at the audience.
In order to immerse myself in the Japanese culture, I ate the delicious food (some of which I had never heard of before, such as horse sashimi), had some samurai lessons, learned to play Go, and went to an onsen (hot spring) at Kurama, a village next to Kyoto.
Other nice places I visited where Arashiyama Monkey Park, a bamboo path, the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and the Kyoto International Manga Museum (with thousands of manga volumes, most of them in Japanese, unfortunately).
On the 10th of February, I took the bullet train back to Tokyo, and from there I went to Narita, where I stayed in the same hostel as before. I flew to Seoul the next day.
I travelled to Kyoto from Tokyo on the 29th of January using the bullet train, a very fast and easy way of travelling.
Some of the most famous temples and shrines i visited were Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavillion (its name comes from a golden structure it has), Ryoan-ji (which has a famous Zen stone garden), and Fushima Inari-taishi (which has long rows of torii, making it quite labyrinth-like). I also visited the famous Gion districts, a Geisha district (unfortunately I didn't manage to see one there), which also has a lot of shrines and temples, one of which held a festival where I saw dancing Maiko (Geisha apprentices), and managed to get some soy beans they were throwing at the audience.
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| The Golden Pavillion, Kinkaku-ji |
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| The stone garden in Ryoan-ji |
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| Torii-row at Fushima Inari-Taishi |
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| Maiko (on the left, with white faces) at the festival ceremony |
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| Street in Gion |
In order to immerse myself in the Japanese culture, I ate the delicious food (some of which I had never heard of before, such as horse sashimi), had some samurai lessons, learned to play Go, and went to an onsen (hot spring) at Kurama, a village next to Kyoto.
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| Horse sashimi |
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| Kurama |
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| Me, dressed up as a samurai |
Other nice places I visited where Arashiyama Monkey Park, a bamboo path, the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and the Kyoto International Manga Museum (with thousands of manga volumes, most of them in Japanese, unfortunately).
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| Monkey at the Mokey Park |
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| Structures at the Kyoto Imperial Palace |
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| Movie posters for Miyazaki movies at the Manga Museum |
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| The bamboo path |
On the 10th of February, I took the bullet train back to Tokyo, and from there I went to Narita, where I stayed in the same hostel as before. I flew to Seoul the next day.
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