Japan

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...

Kyoto essential 3

In 1994, 14 of its temples and palaces were declared a World Heritage Site, including the Nijo castle, all of which are hundreds of years old. It is a city that has had a decisive influence on the...

Kyoto essential 2

Kyoto is the Japanese city with more vestiges of the past, was not bombed in the Second World War, because apparently responsible for organizing such bombings had spent his honeymoon there and fell...

Kyoto essential 1

The Kyoto translation would be "capital", which happened between the years 794 to 1868. During the Second World War it was the only major Japanese city that was not bombarded by the US Air Force. For...

Tokyo Essential 3

Third and for the moment, last post dedicated to Tokyo and its main places, to visit. We will try to develop each place, in more specific posts in the future. It is located in the neighborhood of...