Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji temple) with snow!
Golden Pavilion with Snow! one of the most beautiful scenery in Kyoto We had a lot of snow yesterday and Sunday, which was the fist piling snow in Kyoto for thi...
The beautiful Red maple leaves in the north of Kyoto!
North of Kyoto also has the beautiful Red Maples. How beautiful they are! In Takagamine Kyoto, there are 2 temples which are famous for the beautiful red maple ...
Kyoto Day Trip for September! Local festival in Nashinoki shrine
What Kyoto citizen recommend for Kyoto Day Trip in September? Talking about the special event for the early autumn, I recommend you to go to “Bush Clover&...
The Full moon day in Daikakuji temple in Sagano Kyoto
Full Moon day in Daikakuji temple 2016 September 15th is the full moon day in Japan 2016.Around the day, we have the event to watch moon in temples and shrines ...
The Full moon festival in Hirano shrine in Kyoto
The full moon festival is held in many shrines and temples in Kyoto around September 15th. Hirano shrine near Kinkakuji temple is one of them. The moon seems mo...
The late summer illumination & Special sweets for god in Kyoto Shimogamo shrine
The serene forest in Shimogamo shrine (tadasuno mori) changes into the colorful illumination from August 17th to 31st. It started from this summer 2016, and the...
The boundary line between this world and that world in Kyoto.
”Obon week” from August 13th to 16th is the holiday to welcome the spirits of forefathers to our home in Japan. Actually, we Kyoto citizen have the custom to vi...
Night walk in Kitanotenmangu shrine in Kyoto. Special Event till August 14th.
The events in Kyoto are not only “Okuribi” at night August 16th. We have the unique festival “Kyoto’s Tanabata” in the beginning of August. Although Tanabata fe...
Kyoto day trip in the end of June★ To wish for the health.
Wish for your health in the end of the June June 30th is the day to eat Minazuki made of sweet beans and rice cake! The annual event called “Nagoshinoharae” are...
What’s Goshuin-cho book? It’s like stamp rally for temples & shrines, but NOT the stamp rally.
I guess it’s not known by many foreign tourists, but some Japanese are collecting the stamps called Goshuin when they visit temples and shrines. Every temples a...
Alone in the rainy morning at Shinsen-en temple in Kyoto
It was rainy in the morning , a little cooler to wear short sleeves. Shinsen-en is the small temple on the south of Nijo-castle in Kyoto. Since Nijo-castle is t...
What a curious festival in Kyoto Imamiya shrine！
Imamiya shrine is a small local shrine which is famous with Japanese traditional rice cake with white miso called “Abueimochi”, the amulet for the women getting...