Travelogues Kyoto

Today we decided to have a free day. We're going to sleep in. I feel better in the morning too. Then we want to go to the rooftop restaurant for breakfast and head up, but there...

About Clothing and Kyoto

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...

So dear readers, we continued today and seized the opportunity to check off a few items on our Kyoto bucket list in 38 degrees. East of Gion...

10/16/2023 - 10/23/2023 We left Tokyo in the rain, took the bus and got off in Fujikawaguchiko when the sun was shining. Mount Fuji awaited us with a snow-capped peak. Our...

Hey Sweetie 🍬 Today, there is a tea ceremony and Japanese sweets preparation on the agenda. I enter the room and am warmly greeted and led to my seat. Passing a bunch of...

On Wheels and Rebirths

Early Piece Today we split up into small groups, everyone does their own thing, spontaneous arrangements. I choose a nice breakfast place near the river. I hadn't anticipated...

About Bentos and Americans

Japan Summer 06/28/2018

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...

Sigh 😞 It's Friday, day 2 of my 'slump phase'. Or is it day 3 already? I can't quite figure it out. A phase that will last a little longer until I go to Tokyo. In the meantime,...

The last days of our stay in Kyoto are approaching. Therefore, we are visiting a few beautiful spots in the city. They are well visited by tourists, but we can still enjoy the...

On the path to the Inari Shrine

After breakfast in the morning, we went to the fish market on our last day in Osaka. However, it was smaller than expected and was a small shopping street where you could both...

We have a cozy accommodation in Kyoto. A small apartment just for us (Thanks Kento Toji Temple (Kyo-o-gokoku-ji) is not far either. This Buddhist temple is a World Heritage Site...

We visit the Bamboo Forest in Rakusai Park. There are over 100 different types of bamboo. We learn that bamboo can grow 1.20 meters in a day. That's how tall Salia is right now....

Unlike the previous day, this time we woke up early enough for breakfast. After breakfast, we took a bus to the Silver Temples, accompanied by a class of middle school students....

To do the children a favor, we go to the aquarium. We relax and unwind. There are beautiful fishes there. — ‿ ‿ — — — ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ — — — ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ — — — ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ — — — ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ — — — ‿ ‿...

Kyoto welcomes me with a little touch of rain, which quickly disappears, allowing for a trip to some sights that had unfortunately already closed.So after 4pm you can get ready...

On our second-to-last day in Kyoto, despite being tired, we woke up early to take the bus to Arashiyama after having the same breakfast as yesterday. Arashiyama is a district of...

A street in Gion - the historic district of Kyoto

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...

All these trains in Japan look impeccable.

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...