I visited the Kyoto Railway Museum, one of the largest railroad museums in Japan, with the theme of “discover, touch, and experience.” With this visit, we have now visited all three major railway museums in Japan, along with the Railway Museum in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, and the SCMAGLEV and […]
Nintendo – a video game manufacturer with fans all over the world. Did you know that its history began in Kyoto, Japan, where it manufactured and sold Hanafuda (Japanese playing cards)? Later, the company started manufacturing playing cards for the first time in Japan and developed into the largest card […]
Nijo Castle was built by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Edo Shogunate, to protect the Kyoto Imperial Palace, where the emperor resided, and to provide a place for the shogun to stay during his visits to Kyoto. Nijo Castle, which has seen the rise and fall of the […]
We visited ShinPuhKan, a brick building with a strong presence in Karasuma-Oike, the central area of Kyoto City. ShinPuhKan is a commercial facility renovated from the former Kyoto Central Telephone Station built in 1926 during the Taisho era and opened in 2001. It gained popularity as a commercial facility open […]
We arrived at Kyoto Station. The time was 11:44. We hadn’t had lunch yet. So…this time we went to Nishiki Market, the “kitchen of Kyoto,” to have lunch! Since we had come all the way to Kyoto, there were many things we wanted to eat! Nishiki Market is truly a […]
I had a trip to Kyoto in the first half of November. The best time to view the autumn leaves in Kyoto is usually from early November to early December. This year was unusually warm even in November, so even though I knew in my head that it would be […]
Decades ago, Sushi and Tempura were the two dishes always mentioned as Japanese food by Non-Japanese people. But in the past few years, Japanese Beef has been getting much more popular and it’s now one of the reasons many overseas travelers come to Japan: to enjoy it. How powerful the […]
Ramen can be described as THE Japanese Food – there are tons of styles and tastes, so it’s impossible for me to talk about the whole variety and styles you can find all over the country (yes, each region has its own style!). But today, I will tell you all […]
Japanese cuisine is one of the most popular and also highly reputed cuisines in the world. There are many ways to describe the qualities of Japanese cuisine and one of them is to “bring the best out of the ingredients”. There are a lot of amazing cuisines in the world […]
Arashiyama district, on the west side of Kyoto city, is surrounded by beautiful nature, mountain and river. Because of its beauty and sophisticated atmosphere, Arashiyama was popular area for Nobles from the Heian Era to build their holiday houses. This is the reason why Arashiyama is often featured in old […]