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Today’s Kyoto was hot! I remember the terrible weather in summer here. Rainy season will start soon. It’s just now to enjoy good weather actually. Green Tour Kyoto had a nice event of hiking last Sunday. The route was from very famous shrine, Fushimi-inari-taisha to Sennyu-ji which is well-known as the temple related to Imperial [...]

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Today is the middle day of the Japanese long(!?) holidays, GW. I went to Ohara, countryside of north part of Kyoto City. This is one of my favorite areas where I can visit easily and enjoy atmosphere and fresh air of countryside. I’d like to introduce one temple that is my best in Ohara. This [...]

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GTK decided to go hiking on Mt. Inari which is famous for Fushimi-Inari Taisha Shrine on the foot of the mountain. Fushimi-Inari Taisha Shrine is, as you know, a popular site for tourists because of thousand of red Shinto gate in the Shrine ground. But almost tourists don’t go up to the top of the [...]

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Hello everyone, Almost cherry blossoms are finished. The season is going to for the new leaves. Finally my favorite season will come! I really love fresh green color of new leaves. But, please wait! I’d like to introduce a nice place to see late cherry blossoms near my office. These blossoms are awfully and breathtakingly [...]

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Hello hikers! Kyoto is getting warm day by day. Spring is almost here! Let us tell you about our next event for hiking! Upper photo is Daigo-ji Temple taken yesterday. Lower is the same temple site which will be expected on the hiking day. (20 days later from today) Yes! The mountain for the next [...]

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What are you doing on weekend in winter? I like to go outside and do some exercise to warm me up. Fortunately the big ground of the Kyoto Palace or the Kamo River bank is close to my home. I run around a small forest in the Palace ground almost every morning and sometimes play [...]

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I visit Koto-in Temple (高桐院) which is the sub temple of Daitoku-ji Temple (大徳寺) last weekend. The reason to choose this temple was that Koto-in is well-know as a beautiful carpet with fallen red momiji maple leaves. Actually the best season to see momiji was almost finished at the end of the month. So I [...]

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I enjoy the colored foliage every autumn. Kyoto is the best place to enjoy them. My favorite scene of photo of the autumn foliage is with temple’s buildings. It would be difficult to explain this awesome beauty with any words. Take a look at the pictures! They have been taken just today!! These photos were [...]

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GTK friends enjoyed hiking last Sunday. The weather was wonderful, mountain was beautiful, people were great! We’re really lucky hikers! The most wonderful thing was to hike with local persons who guided us to the safe way on the mountain and enjoyed talking. They love the local mountains and keep them clean. And also the [...]

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Are you enjoy this beautiful weekend? October is the best month to walk, ride a bicycle and hike on the mountain. I love October!! Let me introduce GTK’s next hiking this month. Date : October 21st, Sunday. Place : Mt. Iwaya in Kumogahata, very north of Kyoto City. (The origin of Kamo River) Meet at [...]

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