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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 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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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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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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I have been living in Kyoto for 12 years, but there are still some places where I’ve never been to yet. Kumogahata, very north part of Kyoto City, is one of them and from where the Kamo River, loved by Kyoto peoples’, comes from. I joined the interested tour named “Kumogahata Green Tourism” yesterday with [...]

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You might see some small tents with red and white lanterns here and there in Kyoto this weekend. This is an annual Obon event for kids particularly in Kyoto. Adults prepare the gifts and snacks for kids and ask the monk to come to the tent and chant the sutra. Yes, summer is the busiest [...]

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I rarely go to Shiga Prefecture though it is just next to Kyoto. But I went to there to have a healthy lunch yesterday. The cafe was built at the ground of Seian University of Art and Design. It takes just 15 minutes from Kyoto Station by JR Kosei line. This cafe “Cafeteria YUI” is [...]

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