Travelogues Kyoto Prefecture

For our stop in Kyoto, where we wanted to explore a part of Japan's traditional side, we planned to stay two nights in a very nice hostel in the north of the city. Actually a...

goodbye", and "thank you" in Japanese very often. So, I didn't understand anything anymore. This temple and the mountain were very beautiful, but unfortunately, this complex...

Anyone who thought Kanazawa already had a variety of wandering Geishas has not yet been to Kyoto, the center of Japanese Geisha culture. Here, there were practically an...

On the path to the Inari Shrine

In the east of Kyoto is the Ginkaku-ji, the Silver Pavilion or Ginkaku Temple. It is not really silver and it is not known whether there were actually plans to make it silver....

The day started a little later for us today... after all, you also want to relax a bit on vacation 🤓✌🏻️. After lunch, we headed to the northwestern part of Kyoto to the Golden...

In the south of Kyoto lies the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine. It is not so much known for its exterior, but for the path lined with thousands of red torii gates that winds through...

After checking out of the wonderful hotel 'The Thousand' today, we had some time to stroll around the huge station mall before departure of our Shinkansen 🚅. We hadn't seen the...

Today was all about Japanese culture, combined with some physical activity like climbing what felt like 10,000 stairs 😅. First, we walked from the hotel for about 40 minutes to...

Last breakfast at Intercontinental Tokyo Bay

Nachdem der gestrige Tag doch ziemlich anstrengend war, haben wir uns nach dem Frühstück, das hier im Hotel, wie alles andere, exzellent ist, in den Spa-Bereich begeben und...

After a kimono fashion show, we took a bus to Kinkakuji (Rokuon-ji) Temple. There, you can admire the Golden Pavilion. After a short ice cream break, we went for a walk on the...

A change of scenery - after being fascinated by Tokyo's vibrant atmosphere for a few days, we set off for Kyoto. With the high-speed Shinkansen train, we traveled at nearly 300...

In the morning, we visited the old Kyoto Imperial Palace. On the way there, we also visited two shrines.

First day in Japan. After a 15-hour flight and a 2-hour ride to Kyoto, we took a stroll around the block and had delicious beef udon.