It was with a slightly sore head that I made my way out of Kyoto to Fushimi Inari in the South of the City the next morning. A Shinto Shrine famous for the thousands of Torrii (or gates) lining the pathway to Mount Inari, it is the most important shrine to Inari (The God of…
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A British Girl in…Kyoto! Part 2 (Nishiki Market & A Slightly Drunken Night in Gion)
Of course no trip to Kyoto would be complete for me without a visit to Nishiki Market known as “Kyotos Kitchen.” A narrow street located just off the Teramachi Shopping Arcade, not far from Kawaramachi where I was staying. It dates back as far as 1310 and was originally a wholesale fish market, these days…
A British Girl In… Kyoto! Part 1 (Temples and Shrines Galore on Philosophers Walk and my first Okonomiyaki!)
I managed to find my hostel in Kyoto fairly easily and decided to drop off my luggage and head straight out to “Philosophers walk” a beautiful cherry blossom lined canal between Ginkaku-Ji Temple (The Silver Pavilion) and Nanzen-Ji Temple. It takes its name from the fact that a University Philosophy Professor used to walk the…
