Kyoto
Seven Paths to the Heart of the City
Ranked #82 in Japan Travel Guide
What better way to see Kyoto than at dawn, when the back streets and alleys of this 1,200-year-old city are still under the spell of the past? Old folks fuss about with their bonsai and laundry poles, pausing to chat on their way to the neighborhood shrine with flowers and morning prayers. Knock-kneed white egrets stalk the stream beds for breakfast, and the giant bronze temple bells awaken the former capital of Japan every morning as they have done for centuries.
Through wars, fires, famines, tyrants, and now rapid modernization, the old neighborhoods of Kyoto are... more
Through wars, fires, famines, tyrants, and now rapid modernization, the old neighborhoods of Kyoto are... more
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