Tag: kyoto
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Japan day 5 – Kyoto
This was our last day in Kyoto and we decided to go into Kiyomizudera at the end of the day. We started of by walking around the neighboorhood and having lunch at Ichiran. We sat at out individual booths and had our steaming bowls of ramen and headed our way to a pancake place — when…
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Japan day 4 – Kyoto
Have you ever been to Japan during the summer? No? Let me tell you: it’s hot. Where we come from, we’re used to temperatures being around 40ish degrees Celsius, so it’s not so much that it’s hot – it’s the humidity! It makes everything worse. On our second day in Kyoto we enjoyed sleeping in…
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Japan’17 – day 9
On our ninth day in Kyoto we met with our good friend Atsuko, who invited us on a drive around the mountains. That was an experience in itself. To be able to see how the traffic works around Japan first hand was incredible and to be able to see places that we would otherwise never…
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Japan’17 – day 7.5
I knew that something was not adding up. I have missed a whole day in Kyoto! On our second day in Kyoto we decided to climb a mountain and visit Shogunzuka Mound. Let’s just say that it’s absolutely gorgeous up there. Once back down we strolled around as usual, aimlessly. In a lot of big restaurants…
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Kamakura and Kyoto.
Last time we were in kamakura we ended up not taking a look at the great buddha, so this time we couldn’t miss it. After Kamakura we stopped in Yokohama for a nice light dinner. It was amazing to see how much it had grown since we were last there back in 2013. We then…
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Kiyomizu-dera.
Kiyomizu-dera was founded in the early Heian period (…) in 798, and its present buildings were constructed in 1633, ordered by the Tokugawa Iemitsu. There is not a single nail used in the entire structure. It takes its name from the waterfall within the complex, which runs off the nearby hills. Kiyomizu means clear water,…