9 Shopping Teramachi Eat Street After Dark Bonson Lam The Nijo Teramachi district is a small lane way just north of Oike Street near the Kyoto City Hall. In the evening it is filled..
11 Kobe Chinatown Alexandra Dorovici Kobe Chinatown or Nankinmachi is an area dedicated to Chinese culture in the center of Kobe. It is a hub of Chinese shops, res..
Food Maidreamin Maid Cafe Alexandra Dorovici Maidreamin Maid Café is a coffee shop in DenDen town, close to Namba station. The inside of the shop looks like a dollhouse an..
12 Kasuga Taisha Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Kasuga Taisha Shrine is one of the ancient symbols of Nara. Some of shrine's highlights include deer, wisteria and 3,000 lanterns...
18 Culture The Beauty of Fushimi Inari-taisha Alexandra Dorovici Fushimi Inari is a shrine located in the south east of Kyoto City. It was founded in year 711 and is dedicated to the Inari Ka..
14 Culture The Phoenix Hall of Byōdō-in Hugo Kempeneer Phoenix hall looks colorful with its new vermilion paint. Inside Chudo of Phoenix Hall is statue of Amitabha Tathagata, dating back..
11 Culture Walking Around the Myoshin-ji Temple Complex Larry Knipfing Myoshin-ji Temple complex is one of my favorite places in Kyoto; I don't know what delights I'm going to find each time..