Kyoto Night Scenes, Winter 2021
Kyoto Tower It looks even more beautiful at night. Alley Alley Alley Alley Shijo This is the main downtown street. Around Gion Alley Yasaka Shrine Kyoto has plenty to see at night, too. …
Kyoto Tower It looks even more beautiful at night. Alley Alley Alley Alley Shijo This is the main downtown street. Around Gion Alley Yasaka Shrine Kyoto has plenty to see at night, too. …
There are days when I start hunting for good food first thing in the morning, but that’s only on a foodie group trip; normally I eat breakfast at the hotel and then head out. It leaves you with a lot mor…
I actually turned up in Kyoto without a reservation, and of course all the good places were fully booked. The stylish spots around Karasuma in particular were a total write-off. So after wandering about, the p…
I got into a taxi after arriving in Kyoto. I had originally been thinking of going to Kiyomizu-dera, but the driver recommended Kinkaku-ji. He said they had recently re-applied the gold leaf. So I changed my d…
In Kyoto I picked a place to stay near the station. That has its upsides and its downsides. Shijo or Karasuma, where most of the sights are clustered, is the better base if you’re going to do serious sig…
There is a famous, pricey Japanese restaurant in Kyoto called Wakuden, and Hashitate is its casual version. Budget about 3,000 yen per person. The nice thing is that you can drop in the moment you arrive at Ky…
Uoara is a place famous for its tendon. The place Bentenjima is a tourist spot, so I guess you could call this tourist-spot food.. The menu Tendon and the like. Tendon topped with prawns Well.. the portion …
Tokyo Tower at night Tokyo Tower in the daytime Sunset over Shibaura Shibaura at night The iPhone’s camera is so good that even a careless snap comes out nicely.. A scene from Isetan No matter how b…
LESS is a dessert shop in Ebisu that I have been to before. This time I picked up a few things to give as gifts. Granola This is the funny thing: there is no shortage of granola in this world, yet the granola…
I was cycling along through Azabu when I came across a handsome shop I’d never seen before, so I went in. The vibe Cakes Bread Inside The baking area is nice and spacious. Inside They have nougat to…
Since I had come all the way out to Jiyugaoka.. I stopped in at one more bakery. On the way On the way There is an ice cream shop too.. And a local ramen vending machine too.. GoRIo, a banana juice special…
Right in front of Comme’N there is a temple, and the autumn leaves were at their peak. This was December, but Japan is warm enough that you can still catch the leaves. Life is busy, so it is on a chance …