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Kyoto - Japan (Day 8 Part 4) Gion and Yasaka Shrine
November 19, 2014 - Gion is a very famous historic area of Kyoto well known for being home to Geisha (also known as Geiko) but the draw to G...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 8 Part 3) Kyoto station and area
October 04, 2014 - Well after spending most of the morning and early afternoon at Temples and Shrines I felt it was time for a change of pa...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 8 Part 2) Tofuku-ji (東福寺)
September 27, 2014 - Tofuku-ji is one of the best places if not the best place in Kyoto to view Autumn leaves. I visited several years ago in...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 7 Part 7) Nishiki Market AKA Kyoto's Kitchen
September 13, 2014 - It was a very long and busy day walking around Kyoto but visions of Nishiki market were dancing in my head. Nishiki mark...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 7 Part 6) Kiyomizu-dera and Jishu-Jinja
September 06, 2014 - When asking Kyoto locals about the best places to visit in Kyoto Kiyomizu-dera was always among the top of the recommend...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 7 Part 5) Ninen-Zaka and Sannen-zaka
August 30, 2014 - One of my favorite areas of Kyoto for people watching and exploring is the area of Ninen-zaka and Sannen-zaka. They are...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 7 Part 4) - Kodaiji (高台寺)
August 23, 2014 - Kodai-ji is a very short distance from Chion-in and Maruyama Park and boasts a very interesting history. It was establis...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 7 Part 3) - Maruyama Koen and Otani Sobyo
August 16, 2014 - Maruyama Koen (Maruyama Park) is right next to Chion-in and is really a big beautiful park. From here you can easily rea...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 7 Part 2) - Chion-in (知恩院)
August 09, 2014 - Chion-in is one of those "WOW" places that goes way beyond your expectations when you see it in person. It is located ri...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 7 Part 1) - Early morning in Southern Higashiyama
August 02, 2014 - With my normal early start (around 6:30 am) I decided I would check out more of Southern Higashiyama. My Hotel was on th...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 6 part 5) A night walk near Sanjo-dori
July 26, 2014 - After a lot of walking around Arashiyama and the Heian Shrine I took a rest and cleaned up at my Hotel. The staff gave m...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 6 part 4) - Heian Shrine
July 19, 2014 - After a full day of Arashiyama I arrived back at my Hotel and decided I still had time to squeeze in the Heian Shrine wh...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 6 Part 3) Arashiyama - Tenryuji temple
July 12, 2014 - I was not at all prepared for how beautiful the Garden at Tenryuji temple was going to be. I have been to a lot of templ...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 6 part 2) - Arashiyama
July 05, 2014 - Having completed my early journey around town and to the Monkey Park it was time to take in the rest of the town. I had...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 6 Part 1) - Arashiyama - Monkey Park
June 28, 2014 - I have heard about Arashiyama for years and never made time to visit in any of my previous trips so this was long overdu...
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Kyoto - Japan (Day 5 Part 3) - Nijo Castle
June 21, 2014 - Now that I had checked into my Hotel I was eager to get started shooting Kyoto. I was a bit hungry but at the same time...
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Tokyo to Kyoto (Day 5 Part 2)
June 14, 2014 - I decided to hop in a Taxi and ride from my hotel in Asakusa to Tokyo station. I had a big suitcase and of course a larg...
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