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The New Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto
If Tokyo is the throbbing heart of Japan, then Kyoto might be the country’s soul of sorts: more serene and the center of Shinto-Buddhism. While a ‘soul’ is more...
Kyoto Architecture Tour
Your guide has been living in Kyoto for over 30 years, with an extensive background in Japanese history and culture, and working with the World Monuments Fund and the...
Explore Kyoto, Japan
I have been travelling to Asia since 1987, and have been to China something like 40 times. I have lost...
Experience Private Geisha Dinner
Geisha have long held a mysterious allure in the West, but for the ordinary foreign traveler, getting access into Japan's hidden world is almost impossible without...
Experience Rural Japan Bike Tour
Immerse yourself in rural Japanese culture. Take the local train from Kyoto to Shiga Station and enjoy a gentle electric bicycle ride along the shores of...
Experience Gardening with a Master
Private session with a garden design master in Kyoto. Visit to a garden designed or maintained by the master. Chance to learn basic traditional techniques of...
Experience Shigaraki Pottery with Specialist
Private tour with a pottery collector specialist who knows the pottery artists of Kyoto and its surroundings. Shigaraki is a type of stoneware pottery made in...
My First Time in Japan
Most first-time visitors to Japan will most likely visit some combination of the following: Tokyo, Kyoto, and the Hakone and...
Experience Kyoto Architecture Tour
Your guide has been living in Kyoto for over 30 years, with an extensive background in Japanese history and culture, and working with the World Monuments...
Experience Private Geisha Dinner
Geisha have long held a mysterious allure in the West, but for the ordinary foreign traveler, getting access into Japan's hidden world is almost impossible without...
Experience Rural Japan Bike Tour
Immerse yourself in rural Japanese culture. Take the local train from Kyoto to Shiga Station and enjoy a gentle electric bicycle ride along the shores of...
Experience Gardening with a Master
Private session with a garden design master in Kyoto. Visit to a garden designed or maintained by the master. Chance to learn basic traditional techniques of...
Experience Shigaraki Pottery with Specialist
Private tour with a pottery collector specialist who knows the pottery artists of Kyoto and its surroundings. Shigaraki is a type of stoneware pottery made in...
The New Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto
If Tokyo is the throbbing heart of Japan, then Kyoto might be the country’s soul of sorts: more serene and the center of Shinto-Buddhism. While a ‘soul’ is more enigmatic than a ‘heart,’ and there’s certainly a hustle and bustle in Kyoto, too; Kyoto...
Explore Kyoto, Japan
I have been travelling to Asia since 1987, and have been to China something like 40 times. I have lost...
My First Time in Japan
Most first-time visitors to Japan will most likely visit some combination of the following: Tokyo, Kyoto, and the Hakone and...
Japan: Kanazawa & Samurai Heartland
Kanazawa is Japan’s largest castle town, an easy two-hour train ride from Kyoto. In the 16th century, its feudal rulers...
Japan: Nara & Uji
We left Osaka in the early afternoon and arrived in the bustling, contemporary Kyoto Station. Just riding up the multiple...
Japan: The Osaka Prelude
We began our Japan trip in Osaka, and returned from Tokyo. After arriving in the evening and checking in, we...
Japan: The Prequel
Japan is an amalgamation of sensory experiences that can rollick your core or offer moments of inner peacefulness. Japan made...
Discovering Japan
Japan is a place that perfectly shows that tradition and technology can seamlessly flow together. Our first afternoon was in...