12/28/2022 0 Comments Notsu ryokanl![]() ![]() The speedy JR ‘Haruka’ airport train to Kyoto (from £25 .jp) – 2.25 hours from Tokyo by Heathrow via Paris or Amsterdam on Air France (from £550). International airport is just over an hour by train from Kyoto. Intended to appease the gods after Kyoto was ravaged by plague, this month-long Season in late March and early April is popular. Taxis are plentiful but notĬheap with fares starting at £5 for the first 2km. )Īnd a vast network of inner-city buses (£1.70). Shimogyo-ku, Karasuma-dori, Shiokoji Sagaru, from £195).Īn efficient transport system, with two subway lines running north-south andĮast-west (from £1.70 city. The rooms are spacious and elegant with deepīathtubs, and there are decent on-site restaurants with views over the city (00 Top of Kyoto Station, guests at the Hotel Granvia Kyoto can step out of bed and Higashiyama-ku, Kodaiji-michi, Washio-cho 511 from £195). Inside, it hits all the right notes:Ĭlassically understated Japanese decor, kimono-clad staff and big communal Motonago may have the best location of any in the city, a short distance from Susukinobaba-cho 34 from £170, including meals). All rooms have views, the kitchen serves delicious multicourse dinnersĪnd the place is scented with incense (00 81 0 Ukyo-ku, Saga Tenryu-ji, Peaceful garden ( Sakyo-ku,īenkei Ryokan is an elegant ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) by the Hozu-gawa Get to sleep on traditional futons – the upstairs room has views of the Samurai who guarded the temple next door. Is housed in a building from the Edo period (1603-1867), once owned by a Styled rooms with calligraphy decorating the walls (00 81 0 There’s a charming little garden and two traditionally Nakagyo-ku, Kiyamachi-dori, Oike agaru lunch from £44).Ĭosy guesthouse in northern Kyoto near the botanical gardens, ideal forĮscaping the hubbub. Try a traditional, seasonal kyo kaiseki meal but be sure to book in advance (00 ![]() Prepare it (00 Shirakawa Nawate Higashi iru, Higashiyamaku closedĬity landmark Ikumatsu is an old ‘ryori ryokan’ (culinary inn). Owner (00 81 0 Higashiyama-ku, Sanjo Ohashi Higashi iru closedĬharming Ozawa offers excellent tempura. There’s an also English menu and a friendly With smoking charcoal grills, old beer posters on the walls and oden (winter Ichi-Ban is a classic yakitori-ya (restaurant specialising in chicken skewers) Jo do-ji, Ishibashi-cho Sakyo-ku, 74 closed Thu pike eel and mushroom noodle There’s also an accomplished tori sansho yaki – chickenĬooked with Japanese mountain spice (00 .jp Signature thick white noodles that come served in a hot broth with a selection Housed in a traditional Japanese building, noodle shop Omen is named after the Imadegawa, Teramachi Nishi-iru lunch £6). Set-menu is particularly good value (0081 0 Kamigyo-ku, Hippies, this restaurantcum- café has an eccentric streak. Honyarado is something of a city institution. The Kyoto International Manga Museum charters its evolution since the 19th Opened in 2006, and housing the world’s largest collection of Japanese comics, Yasaka-jinja is also worth a visit (00 81 0 Gion-machi free). Restaurants come alive when night falls, and Gion’s guardian shrine Fortunately, the area’s 17th-century wooden teahouses and Gion is the district of Kyoto most known for geishas, although they are fastĭisappearing. To ward his people away from treachery the shogun (forceĬommander) installed chambers from which his bodyguards could spring out (00 81 The lavish 17th-century castle Nijo-jo is proof that not everything in Japan isĪbout restraint. The Tetsugaku no Michi (Path of Philosophy) is a canal-side stroll through aĬherry-tree corridor and earned its name as 20th-century philosopher Nishida The 24 sub-temples are also well worth a look –ĭaisen-in and Juko-in in particular. Most visitors make for theĮponymous central temple. Good introduction to Japanese Zen Buddhism. Of temples amid immaculately kept gardens and meandering lanes, Daitoku-ji is a Related article: Kyoto's living art of the geisha.Though it may have been usurped by Tokyo as capital in 1869, it is still Japan’s cultural heartland – one of the last places to see wooden town houses lining the streets and where you can catch a glimpse of a geisha. Kyoto doesn’t flaunt its wares: temples, pebble gardens and imperial palaces stand concealed among office blocks. ![]()
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