Hi, my name is Kate and I live in the lovely Liverpool. I adore my 3 beautiful cats as well as anyt...
Hi, my name is Kate and I live in the lovely Liverpool. I adore my 3 beautiful cats as well as anything else remotely feline. For most of the week I work with adults with learning disabilities supporting them to become more confident.
Member since:25.07.2004
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I spent 3 fabulous days expolring Kyoto in May this year and I loved every moment. The city is set out in a grid pattern, so finding places is simple and most people speak some degree of english. I loved the temples and shrines - the Golden Pavilion is a must see, the reflection in the water is awesome and the surrounding gardens are beautiful. The Daiokuji Temple Complex with the Zen Gardens at Daisen-In are another definite to behold. Another 2 great places to visit are the 'Red' Heian Shrine and Nijo Castle. I found the city traditional with the 'Maiko' girls wandering around the red light district of Gion in the early evening, but still modern with wonderful shopping malls and restaurants. Plus the only way to travel to Kyoto in style is by the bullet train, which arrives at the futurist looking station. The only down side was that it was very hot and sticky when I was there, however I used the very good public transport instead of just walking everywhere which is possible if you so desire. I can't wait to return to explore all the other places I had to miss out during my 3 day trip.
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Hi and welcome to Ciao, the title was so promising, I would loved to have read a little more detail about the Shrine's and Temples also the cost of the Hotel and food etc would be helpful, if you edit and add more detial please let me know so that I can pop back and have another look, all the best Gill.
torr 25.07.2004 13:08
Welcome to Ciao. This has the makings of a good review, but there's so much more you could tell us: where to stay, prices, a bit of history - nowhere do you mention that Kyoto was for a long time the capital of Japan, for example. Duncan
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Advantages: It is a fascinating city which presents many of the contrasts of Japan Disadvantages: This review is very long - but there is so much to Kyoto that I've only given you the main sites
ickkate 27.08.2004 (27.08.2004)
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Review of Kyoto (Japan)
Advantages: Enormous temples, exciting centre & good wooded walks. Disadvantages: Disappointment if you let the guidebooks build it up too much & expensive.
Hmatt 08.10.2002 (08.10.2002)
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Advantages: Enormous temples, exciting centre & good wooded walks. Disadvantages: Disappointment if you let the guidebooks build it up too much & expensive.
Hmatt 08.10.2002 (08.10.2002)
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