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I now had the chance to spend at least once every one of the four seasons of the year in Kyoto. Yes, I am fortunate as this really is a city well worth visiting at least four times. Each visit at a different season will be different from the others, and at least as rich and surprising than the previous one. Each temple, each garden, each famous site will offer a renewed visual pleasure full of charm and new sensations.
After a while, I still find this city full of surprises, beauty and pleasures. I am pleased to share some of these below.
Kikusana San is not yet a Maiko — she is what is called a “Minarai”...
I like raining days in Kyoto, mainly around the Hanamachi, the flower town or geisha...
Right after the second Yamaboko procession of the Gion Matsuri, on July 24th, is one of...
The season has changed and the temperature is now much higher. The plastic cherry...
I’m really fortunate to live about 5 minute away on foot from the Miyagawa-Cho...
Just about every day, I’m recently trying to be around Miyagawa-Cho between 5:30...
It was cold, but well worth it. The city was covered with snow as I woke up so I jumped...
Walking around Yasaka no To, or the two streets Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka around, we...
We’re lucky to live near such place as the Hojuji temple. It is a rather small...
Kinkaku-Ji, the Golden Pavilion, is without doubt the temple I remember most from my...
Walking around Ninen Zaka near the pagoda Yasaka no To, one can often encounter women...
Several ceremonies were taking place at the Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine on Saturday...
We came back to Japan just on time to see this Jidai Matsuri Festival. This festival...
Kid drummer of the Muromachi Period (1338 – 1573) in the procession of the Jidai...
This is about a pretty special place in Kyoto, a temple not often mentioned in...
The Summer is the festival period in Japan, and this...
Obon (お盆) is the Japanese Buddhist custom to honor...
We had planned to visit Uji yesterday, the day of the famous fireworks which is supposed...
A Shinto ceremony to pray for health This evening ritual took place on August 6th. We...
The Gion Matsuri is Kyoto’s (and even Japan’s) largest festival. It goes...
