Japan
Kyoto Prefecture

Upptäck resmål hos resenärer som för resejournal på FindPenguins.
Topp 10 resmål Kyoto Prefecture
Visa alla
Resenärer på denna plats
    • Dag 150

      Fri 03 May. Kyoto

      2 maj, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Rainy on Wednesday but we managed to walk around the bamboo forest and just about avoided having our eyes poked out by one of the thousands of umbrellas, rain or shine they love a brolly.

      Took a trip to Nara on Thursday for yet more temples then a visit to the park where hundreds of deer wander around waiting to be fed, nice smell of deer💩 . They have even learnt to bow when someone gives them one of the crackers they sell to feed to them..... someone's bright ideer 😕

      Our last day in Kyoto and we took a stroll through the gardens at the Imperial Palace. It was another public holiday, the sun was out so plenty of people around, especially twitchers. We stood watching them take hundreds of photos but not sure what it was they spotted. Our best guess was a yellow tit ( do your own jokes 😭).
      Läs mer

    • Dag 5

      Day 6

      3 maj, Japan ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

      Late rise as check in time wasnt until 11am. We got up at 9 went for breakfast packed and then ordered a taxi (as had 2 huge suitcases and didn’t fancy busy metro) to the main station of Tokyo! We got our bullet train at 12.33 and ate some amazing supermarket sushi and a bento box! Eating in public is frowned upon in Japan but a tradition to eat in the bullet train.

      We managed to catch a glimpse of Mount Fuji on the way down although it was covered mostly by a cloud! Speed of the train was crazy and we got to see more of rural Japan on the journey down south! We arrived in Kyoto at 3.15 and instantly it feels more chilled than manic Tokyo! I heard before E that Kyoto had better food and was more laidback than Tokyo and it hasn’t dossaponted so far! We are staying with Hori who is a Japanese guy and has a traditional Japanese home which I’ve shown. The walls are all paper and the doors slide open. We are sleeping on the floor so far from luxury but a good experience and the shower is excellent.

      When we arrived we had to put on slippers and exchanged rules through sign language. After we dumped the bags off we ventured to the famous Nishiki market which is 1 minutes from the flat! (Great location). The food there is crazy and it goes on for miles! Everything is fresh and vibrant, there’s loads of octupus , prawns, Waugu, beef, matcha etc! We had some nice pork gyoza and some octopus balls for just £5. Also had a shot of saki too wash it down.

      After the market we deceive to get the metro to the amazing shrine that Kyoto is known for called Inari. It was great to see and we rushed to get the golden hour sunshine but just missed it! Behind it we could see some steps so decided to venture up only to see it was a 1 hour hike up 1000 steps! We arrived at the top sweaty and tired but worth it for the amazing view over Kyoto.

      We waddled down from the top and then walked back into Kyoto for some food. Kyoto is very trendy and lots of young people and trendy bars and restaurants. Unlike Tokyo peole seem to speak in English here so not so alien. We ventured into a whiskey bar and ordered a high ball (whiskey mixed with a soft drink) unfortunately the whiskey we got was white horse which turns out to be a scotch rather than a Japanese whiskey!

      After our drink we ventured into a random restaurant near the flat and had some garlic chilli pork with some rice and a Tsing Tao to wash it down. I’m getting the hang of chop sticks now finally and quite like them now. We went to the supermarket to get some supplies and now make in Horis home with an early start tommrow!
      Läs mer

    • Dag 7

      Day 7

      5 maj, Japan ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

      Another great day. Got up at 8.30 and headed straight into the centre of Kyoto in search for some brekafast! Managed to find a nice place and had some avacado eggs and bacon. After breakfast we headed to the metro to Kyoto central and then used our JR pass to get to Nara park (2.5 hours south of Kyoto).

      Was a scorcher of a day here and 30 degrees so perfect day for it. Nara was mobbed and we went to get food for the wild deers to feed them! If you bow they copy you and Sinéad had luck with getting them to do so but I sadly couldn’t! We then decided to hike up up mount Wakakusa which had a lot of very steep step sections and took about an hour and a half in the hot sun! We arrived to the top sweaty but with great views of Nara!

      We then trekked down (killer on the knees) and headed to the amazing Toda-ji temple! We paid £3 to enter and was amazing to see. Japan biggest golden Buddha was inside. After we toured the temple we grabbed a smoothie and a donut as a snack. After another 45 min walk on the sun to the station we decided to head to Nijo castle (near Kyoto). Was a max rush to make it before 5 (when it shut) and turns out they don’t let peole in after 4 so we had to just take photos outside!

      By this time (5pm) we were starving so got some great sweet and sour chicken with rice and a coffee each for just £11 all in! We then we walked back to the flat, showered and headed needed to local Catholic Church as Sinéad wanted to go to mass. It was a surreal experience in a modern church but the mass format was exact same as Scotland! Peace be with you was everyone bowing to each other. On the way back we did some shopping for souvenirs in the amazing market here in Kyoto!

      After mass we went for dinner at this charcoal grill place I’d wanted to go to. We went in to find it fully booked with a table not available until 10pm so we went and tried out a small bite to eat in KFC (Sinéad wanted to try japans version) and had some more highballs and a beer at a random whiskey bar. We came back at 10 and had what I think was our best meal. We sat at a square bar with the chefs all in the middle cooking fresh from a big charcoal grill. We got grilled squid, wagyu beef, chicken thighs and fries all done on the grill and flambéed.

      We finished dinner at just after 11 and went to do some karaoke (a Japanese tradition) we found a small place with thankfully private rooms and booked one out for 30 mins (£6) and attempted to sing some cranberries, Elvis, Eminem, Dolly Parton and Tinnie Tempah before we were kicked out by getting a call to the room saying our time was up! Another 26k steps and tired legs but busy day tomorrow again!
      Läs mer

    • Dag 7

      Day 8

      5 maj, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Day 8 was spent in Kyoto city. We got up at 9am and wandered towards the imperial palace with the aim of finding somewhere for breakfast on route. Another hot day so we wanted to get a lot done before the heat came on strong. Eventually after trying a few options we found this little cafe down a random side street and had a nice bacon and egg crepe each with a coffee! Place was so full we had to queue outside for 15 mins in the sun! (Lots of people queue outside the best places to eat in Japan do not abnormal).

      After breakfast we toured the imperial palace which was free. Very impressive and nice Japanese gardens which were as you can expect immaculately maintained. There was a golden retriever meet up going on and Sinead went nuts for when they all posed for a photo. We noticed since we arrived we hadn’t seen one bit of litter or graffiti and everything seems groomed! One of the issues is there are no bins anywhere so you end up holding onto rubbish for half a day. We found most bins are located inside supermarkets on the back section.

      After we routed the palace we walked an hour back into the centre to Nintendo centre (Nintendo also Japanese). The place was mobbed with overpriced toys and Nintendo stuff but we did get a photo on the rooftop with Mario. Was also weird to see a whole floor for British stuff the Japanese were going nuts for. There was fresh sausages rolls fish and chips and royal family memorabilia with British music blaring!

      After Nintendo we wondered into the market again because was so good yesterday and goes on for miles. Today we had some octopus on a stick and had some nice sushi with salmon and I tried sea urchin for the first time (not a huge fan). I decided to splash out (1200 yen so about £8) and get some Wagyu on a stick and we shared some gyoza. We also stopped off and got some amazing matcha ice team which was so ascetically pleasing n on how they served it. Mine looked like a tennis ball it was so perfectly spherical which sums up Japan. they’re nuts for matcha here and there was 9 matcha flavours to choose from.

      We walked around Kyoto some more after food and went to another 2 shrines to see some amazing temples. Main part of Kyoto was packed but the side streets were quieter. We worked out we’d done over 160k steps in the last 5 days. My legs are gone and feet throbbing most nights so started to soak in hot water which has helped. Need better footwear as no idea how the Camino is possible being on your feet all day!

      Dinner we stopped at one of these self service BBQ places and got an assortment of meat and fish with some veg. Wasn’t as good as last night though but decent nonetheless! After we stopped by and had a beer at a craft beer place (plum beer which was decent) and stopped off to buy a can of Sapporo (beer) to share on our balcony before bed!
      Läs mer

    • Dag 7

      Foret de bambous

      10 maj, Japan ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

      Beaucoup de monde dans cette forêt. Le lieu est très touristique aussi pour les japonais qui viennent le weekend. Il est très facile de sortir de la ville et en 40 mn de bus nous sommes dans les montagnes.Läs mer

    • Dag 5

      Osaka - Kyoto ⛩️🎎

      11 maj, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

      I dag tog vi et smut forbi Kyoto, for at se Fushimi Inari-taisha 🎎

      Det er et Shinto-tempel bygget omkring år 1300 e.kr. Der er løbende blevet opført en torii ⛩️ for hver gang private mennesker eller virksomheder har doneret penge til templet. Det har resulteret i en flere kilometer lang korridor af torri, som fører op til et Shinto-alter på toppen af Inari-bjerget - det var varmt, og der var mange myg 🥲👏Läs mer

    • Dag 69

      קיוטו - סיור מודרך

      14 maj, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      חזרנו לסיורים המודרכים של Localized, הפעם בקיוטו.
      קיוטו היא עיר מבוזרת, יש לה מספר מוקדי עניין רחוקים יחסית אחד מהשני, היא מלאה מקדשים מובנים עתיקים וכמעט שלא נפגעה במלחמת העולם השניה.

      התחלנו את הסיור עם המדריכה Hiroka, שביקשה שנקרא לה הירו, ברובע גיון, הרובע של הגיישות. קיבלנו הסברים על ההיסטוריה של יפן ושל קיוטו. קיוטו נחשבת ביפן לחברה מאוד סגורה שמחמיצה פנים לזרים, כולל יפנים שלא מהעיר. האנשים בקיוטו לא ישירים, לדוגמא כשהשכנה אומרת 'הילד שלך חזק' היא מתכוננת לומר 'הילד שלך מרעיש'.
      המשכנו למקדשים בודהיסטיים ושינטואיסטיים, שם למדנו ששינטו פוגש את היפני הממוצע בלידה וחתונה, ובודהה פוגש את היפני במוות. יפנים צעירים פחות מחוברים לדת, ודת, כמו בהרבה מקומות היא עסק יקר.
      לפי השינטו בכל חיה וחפץ יש נשמה, גם בגרגיר אורז, אז אמא של הירו אמרה לה לאכול כל גרגיר בצלחת, וככה היא עושה יד היום.
      גם מקובל שאלת היופי שוכנת בשירותים ולכן כשמבקשים מהילדים לנקות את השרותים הם שמחים כי לפי האמונה הם יהיו יותר יפים. ולכן גם ביפן האסלה תמיד סגורה, כדי שהאלה ששוכנת בשרותים לא תצא לצינורות הביוב. בקיצור קלאסי סיפור שמבוגרים יש להם אינטרס לשמר בסביבה...

      ביפן יש 13 זרמים בודהיסטיים, ואתה בוחר אם להיות שייך לזרם של אבא או אמא שלך. לי זה הזכיר חברות בקופת חולים בארץ כשהילדים נולדו 😊
      המשכנו דרך סמטאות צרות ומלאות תיירים למקדשים נוספים, ושמענו סיפורים נוספים על מנהגי קבורה ביפן.
      היה מאוד מעניין בעיקר בגלל הפן האישי של המדריכה.
      Läs mer

    • Dag 68

      Kyoto, Japan

      23 maj, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Continued from previous post.

      Forgot to mention we also did a pottery class in Kyoto where we made mugs, then paid for them to be hardened in the oven and painted and sent to Scotland. They will arrive at Jodie's house in ~ 10 weeks.

      Too many photos of Kyoto to fit into one post but have picked some of my favourite.
      Läs mer

    • Dag 13

      Kyoto

      13 september 2019, Japan ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      We booked 4 nights in Kyoto to give us time to explore the city itself and also use it as a base for seeing some more of west Japan. Kyoto is quite a big city but very different from Tokyo, there are only a few tall buildings here and the style is very much old fashioned Japan rather than the crazy futuristic manga world of Tokyo. On our first day we went to the Imperial palace and its beautiful Japanese style gardens. The palace and other buildings around it are really simply from outside and unfortunately we cannot enter them. For lunch we had our "usual" boxes with unkown content from the supermarket - sometimes it even has some chairs, tables and a microwave to enjoy your meal there. Then we discovered a walking path by the river, an alley full of little pubs and restaurants called Pontocho and the main food market, Nishiki Market. At dusk we went to Gion, the geisha district where lots of people are dressed in traditional clothes (actually all around in Kyoto) kimono with all its accessories such as wooden sandals. There are lots of shops where you can rent a full outfit for the day. We ended the day in the tiniest Thai restaurant where 5 people were already sitting so the the place got full when we sat down too. First time to eat curry/noodles with chopstick only, success!Läs mer

    • Dag 50

      Essen am Laufmeter

      30 september 2019, Japan ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      In Kyoto gibt es den berühmten Nishiki Markt, dies ist eine Strasse in welcher sich ein Stand mit Leckereien an den nächsten reiht. Genau dort haben wir uns den ganzen Freitag herumgetrieben und uns die Bäuche so voll geschlagen, dass wir fast nicht mehr in unser mini Appartement gepasst haben. Zu kaufen gab es kleine mini Oktopusse am Spiess, eingelegte Gurken, heisse Marronis, Kobe Beef, Fische, Austern und ganz schlimm, grillierte Spatzen. Andere Länder, andere Sitten wie man so schön sagt, aber Leid tat es uns trotzdem. Es gab einfach alles aus Macha (junger Grüntee, eine Spezialität aus Kyoto), Glace, Pralinen, Waffeln, Tiramisu selbst Schoggi. Vieles haben wir probiert und besonders lecker fanden wir die gerösteten Sesambällchen welche mit einer roten Bohnenpaste gefüllt waren. Am aller besten haben uns jedoch die Riesen Krabenbeine geschmeckt, welche frisch mit dem Bunsenbrenner grilliert und mit ein wenig Chillipulver verfeinert wurden, etwas vom besten dass wir je gegessen haben.

      Eine Seitenstrasse weiter gibt es viele Geschäfte und Boutiquen durch welche ich natürlich unbedingt durchstöbern wollte. Es gibt in Kyoto sehr viele „edel“ Second Hand Shops, welche alle mit sehr viel Stil betrieben werden. Dort gibt es Raritäten aus den 40er und 50er Jahre wie perfekt erhaltene Kleidchen mit passenden Handschuhen und Hüten, original Schlaghosen und Seidenhemden aus den 60er und 70er Jahren usw. Ich konnte mich kaum satt sehen an all den hübschen Kleidern, speziell ein hell gelbes Kleid im Stil der 50er hatte es mir angetan, aber da unsere Rucksäcke eh schon zu schwer waren habe ich mich mit Müh und Not zurückgehalten. Die Shops machen aber auch ohne Einzukaufen viel Spass, da es in jedem Geschäft etwas gibt, das wir noch nie gesehen hatten zB. Windeln für Hunde oder kleine Sumo Ringer die mit den Köpfen wackeln. Da Alex ein grosser Fan der ganzen Manga und Anime Kultur ist, kamen wir auch an keinem Anime Shop vorbei ohne hinein zu gehen. Die ganzen Charaktere welche man als Figuren zum Sammeln und Aufstellen kaufen kann, sind überraschenderweise sehr kostspielig und daher meist hinter Glasvitrinen. Ein Besuch in einem Anime Shop hat uns besonders zum Schmunzeln gebracht, denn auf einmal standen wir nichts ahnend neben einer Reihe „real Love Dolls“ (Gummipuppen die wie echte Frauen gemacht sind) und ein Schild wies uns darauf hin, dass Fotografieren erwünscht sei. Was für eine verrückte Welt, wenn man bedenkt, dass wir in einem Shop mit vielen Comicfiguren und Plüschtieren standen.

      Den Samstag haben wir sehr ruhig angehen lassen, unter anderem auch weil mein armer Schatz, wie viel Pech kann man nur haben, eine üble Erkältung eingefangen hatte. So haben wir gemütlich ausgeschlafen und danach entschieden unseren Aufenthalt bis am Dienstag zu verlängern. Später waren wir noch kurz im Waschsalon bevor wir zu unserem Termin beim Coiffeur gingen. Natürlich waren wir weiterhin immer mit unseren Velos unterwegs. Der Coiffeur hatte seinen Salon in einem alten, traditionellen Holzhaus in welchem man sich sofort in eine andere Zeit versetzt fühlte. Alle Möbel waren wie von Früher, es spielte Klassische Musik und da er immer nur einen Kunden auf einmal hat und er während des Schneidens nicht redete, war es der wohl entspannendste Friseur Besuch aller Zeiten. Zumindest für mich, denn Alex hatte die ganze Zeit mit seinen Taschentüchern und dem Niesen zu kämpfen. Um den Abend dann perfekt entspannt abzuschliessen war ich noch Einkaufen und habe ein kleines Buffet auf unsern Tisch, Mangels solchen haben wir das Bett genommen, gezaubert und wir haben dazu noch ein Paar Episoden auf Netflix geschaut. Fast wie zu Hause.
      Läs mer

    Du kanske också känner till platsen med följande namn:

    Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Préfecture de Kyoto, 京都府, 교토 부

    Gå med oss:

    FindPenguins för iOSFindPenguins för Android