Mar 20, 2021
Fushimi Inari Taisha (Fushimi Inari Shrine)
Kyoto, Japan
October 2019
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Fushimi Inari Taisha (Fushimi Inari Shrine)
Kyoto, Japan
October 2019
Thursday 23rd November 2017. 12:00 Mt. Kurama Kyoto.
Today was another public holiday, which I didn’t know about again until this morning haha, so I decided to get the train to Kyoto and climb Mt. Kurama. It was only a few days ago when I was thinking about the Koyo in Kyoto so I was grateful for this day off to go and see the Koyo and have some time outside. It was a beautiful day, but the trains were super busy due to it being the public holiday.
Kurama didn’t disappoint, it was a dream!
Kyoto, Japan
Monday 9th October 2017. 11:00 Kyoto Japan.
We visited The Garden of Fine Arts which is about a 20 minute cycle from my house, situated right next to the Botanical Gardens.
The project was conceived as a contemporary, volumetric version of a stroll garden. The open-air Fine Arts Museum is situated below ground level to keep the view from the adjacent Botanical Gardens towards the Higashiyama mountains intact.
The museum displays reproductions of famous masterpieces on ceramic plates with permanent, weatherproof properties. The scheme is open; large concrete beams on massive pillars, overlapping bridges and ramps, walls of cascading water and pools with paintings floating on the water surface.
Circulation is intersected by massive concrete walls, allowing views from different angles, and adding depth and variety to the exhibition spaces. The greenish glass railing, in contrast to the concrete and stone surfaces, interact with the water surface reflecting the different materials.
I’ve wanted to visit here for a while and at just 100yen entrance fee you can’t really complain. The actually space was really cool I just wasn’t too keen on the actual art works.
Saturday 5th August 2017. 21:00 Kyoto Japan.
Me, Nomu and Yoshiko went for dinner in Sanjo to a lovely Italian restaurant. This place was home to the award winning “Best Pizza in the World”. It had a certificate to prove it lol. It tasted great!
Friday 21st July 2017. 15:00 Kyoto Japan.
We cycled north along the river bank towards Kamigamo jin-ja Shrine. It was a beautiful day and I was in awe of everything cycling along the river. Since being back here Kyoto has seen very little sun so it made a nice change from the grey overcast skies I’ve been seeing over the past 2 weeks.
Friday 21st July 2017. 13:30 Kyoto Japan.
IT’S FRIDAY! Hello 4 day weekend! I met Apo at Demachiyanagi and we then went for lunch at the Taco shop by my house. This place is great, the food is delicious and so cheap! I had the taco rice with tomatoes and cheese. おいしかったです ! !
Friday 14th July 2017. 13:00 Kyoto Japan.
We strolled through the streets of Gion and then we walked through the grounds of Kōdai-ji Temple.
Kōdai-ji formally identified as Jubuzan Kōdai-ji, is a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan—the largest subtemple of the Kennin-ji branch.
This was my first time at this temple and it was so lovely. We spoke to a Japanese guy who told us we had just missed all the flowers blooming within the temple grounds but it was still beautiful regardless. Traditional Kyoto at it’s finest.