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Kiyomizu-zaka, Sannen-zaka, and Ninen-zaka: A Walking Guide to Kyoto’s Higashiyama
Matcha, matcha, matcha. The hands of everyone walking along Kiyomizu-zaka carry matcha soft serve. There are lines outside every shop. Matcha on every sign. Vanilla, chocolate, matcha — that is the standard hierarchy of soft serve flavor... -
The 6:03 to Yodo: Kyoto’s Early Cherry Blossoms Before the Crowds
The 6:03 to Yodo Station I knew I couldn't afford to wait. On the way back from Fushimi Inari, an unusual announcement came over the Keihan line. Not the standard recorded voice — a conductor, in that particular singsong cadence that Jap...
