Cormorant Fishing in Arashiyama, Japan

In Arashiyama I stepped into a dream. A fat orange moon climbed into view as I crossed the Togersu-kyo, or Moon Bridge. Coloured lights lit the narrow streets, and lanterns hung among the trees...

Visiting the Best Markets in Kyoto

Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. Every month, flea and handcraft markets attract thousands of visitors with colorful stands. We took part on 6 of them, held on a specific date of the month...

Geisha’s in Kyoto

How and where to go Geisha spotting in Kyoto plus more. Geisha’s (or sometimes known in Kyoto as Geiko) are highly trained women who devote their lives around this traditional form of hosting...

Nara essential

Nara was the first capital of Japan in medieval times, and still retains a large number of temples that are part of the World Heritage, since 1998, as Historical Monuments of ancient Nara. The symbol...

What are the Inuyarai and the Komayose?

If we walk through the old neighborhoods of Kyoto, with the beautiful traditional Japanese streets, one of the things that surprises us is that many houses have a kind of skirt or skirt. Normally...

Kyoto Essential 4

Personally I think Kyoto is the city that shows the best Japan, or how we have it in our imagination. If Tokyo is modernity and Japan is more current, Kyoto is the most ancestral Japan that...