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As more than a million foreign visitors every year discovers, Kyoto offers beautiful historic temples, world-class shopping, mouth-watering cuisine, and some of the most diverse accommodation options anywhere in Japan. With so many hotel and guest houses to choose from, deciding where to stay in Kyoto can be a challenge. Here is our favorite Kyoto areas and hotels.
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Maria on Where To Stay in Kyoto – Our Favourite Areas & HotelsHi Karolina, Thanks! Japan is an amazing country, especially for us "nerds". 🙂 Tokyo feels like stepping into the future...- Maria on Where To Stay in Kyoto – Our Favourite Areas & HotelsThanks, Agness! Kyoto has a lot of nice areas and hotels! Happy travels! 🙂 -Maria-
- Chris A on Climbing The Roof of Japan – the Alpine RouteHi Maria, So glad I came across your website. Finally found an itinenary of the places we wanted to visit...
- Agness of aTukTuk on Where To Stay in Kyoto – Our Favourite Areas & HotelsThese places are an awesome idea! I will love to stay in any of those!
- Karolina on Where To Stay in Kyoto – Our Favourite Areas & HotelsAlthough I'm not planning to go to Japan in the nearest future, it's definitely on my list so I will...
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With 2000 temples and shrines, visiting Kyoto should be mandatory on all Japan trips. Kyoto is Japans best-preserved historic city with its beautiful Zen gardens and 17 Unesco World Heritage Sites. Here is our ultimate 3 day Kyoto itinerary that...
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No other city offers quite as many bewildering options for accommodation as Tokyo, from traditional Japanese Inns, business hotels and sleeping pods to western style luxury hotels. With its more than 37 million inhabitants and dozens of city centers, finding...
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Tokyo has it all - excellent museums, grand temples, atmospheric shrines and lovely zen gardens. It is a city filled with Japanese history and tradition, but also modern, futuristic neo sci-fi streetscapes that make you feel like you're a part...
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Our recommended detailed day-by-day itinerary of how to get the most out of your Japan trip. These 11 places is the best of Japan, and a must-visit in our opinion.
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We 're only about 50-minutes from the city Takayama, but it feels like we have stepped back in time, back to the Edo period and the highlight of Japanese culture. A time of shoguns and samurais, a time that has...
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The world`s favourite bobtail cat Hello Kitty has reached the BIG 40! Can you believe it?! All around the world, and especially in Japan, there are Hello Kitty birthday celebrations. Here are 10 things you probably did not know about...
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While in Tokyo we did something I never though we would ever do; we queued for over an hour just for a plate of pancakes!! Yep, PANCAKES! 🙂 I know it sounds stupid, but the Tokyoites are crazy for pancakes...
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The Nikko area is packed with beautifully decorated temples and shrines set in the hillside of Japan surrounded by green and lush forest. It is absolutely stunning and a must-visit when in Japan!
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While in Takayama we stayed in a Ryokan, a traditional Japanese Inn, where we took Onsen and had delicious authentic Japanese cuisine consisting of many small dishes.