Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Kyoto KOTO-IN Zen temple

October 7, 2007 - 6:16 am by katchaman in Others  

My favorite Kyoto place is here! What is a beautiful temple!
KOTO-IN Zen Temple August 28 2007
The garden of this temple is a masterpiece of elegant simplicity, and is famed for the beauty of its maples during the autumn season. [...]

Kyoto cheap restaurant DARUMAYA

May 8, 2007 - 6:08 pm by mickey in Food, Travel  

Restaurant since 1953
DARUMAYA serves set meal(teisyoku), noodles(udon and soba), rice bowl dishes(donburi), a la carte and coffee.
DARUMAYA is near Ryoanji, Myosinji, Ninnaji, Tojiin temple and Ritsumeikan, Hanazono university.
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~darumaya-syokudo/en/

The Hippies are coming! The Hippies are coming!

April 21, 2007 - 6:05 pm by mrmook in Travel  

Dude! Where’s my Decade?

I accidentally stumbled into the 60’s last weekend when the wife and I took a leisurely shopping stroll on a lovely, sunny, Sunday in Kyoto.

Our ultimate destination was the Bike (as in bicycle) Shop to purchase some new wheels but along the way we got caught [...]

The Street of Kyoto (3); Higashioji-dori 2

March 31, 2007 - 3:26 am by Yuk in Culture, Travel  

The third time of series of “Streets of Kyoto” is the north side area of Higashioji-dori.
I went to north from Gion along Higashioji-dori. There is a bag shop “Ichizawa-Shinzaburo hanpu“, which has made bags from canvas since 1905, at the east side of the street. It is popular bag shop among Japanese people. I think [...]

Flea Markets of Kyoto (2)

February 25, 2007 - 1:58 am by Yuk in Travel  

I went to Garakuta-ichi and Tedukuri-ichi. These are a different kind of market from Kobo-san and Tenjin-san that I wrote an article at last time. In these markets, the kind of the stall is limited. In Garakuta-ichi, only antiques stalls stand, and handmade goods and crafts line in Tedukuri-ichi.
Should go to Garakuta-ichi at early morning!?

Garakuta-ichi [...]

Flea Markets of Kyoto (1)

February 16, 2007 - 6:55 pm by Yuk in Travel  

Kobo-san, Tenjin-san, Garakuta-ichi and Tedukuri-ichi are typical flea market of Kyoto city, but these are not same. In Kobo-san at To-ji Temple (Flea Market) and Tenjin-san at Kitano-tenmangu Shrine (Flea Market), there stand more than 1000 stalls hoping that it would attract the ennichi (a shrine or temple fair) crowd (people who pay homage [...]

Momiji in Tofukuji, Kyoto, 21-Nov-2006

November 21, 2006 - 10:05 pm by micpohling in Travel