Posts Tagged ‘ Kyoto ’

Sri Lankan author, film producer and hip hop artist, Ruby Lovell, shares her travel highs and lows

How many readers know of the annual Jidai Matsuri festival, which commemorates the relocation of the Japanese capital from Kyoto to Tokyo in the nineteenth century and, is one of the city’s most celebrated event?.

Adrian finds that Hawaii isn’t promoting to visitors but to its own locals and Brazil hosts an exhibition in London t remind us that there is more to the country than just the Olympic Games.

Air passenger tax increases in Italy, higher charges at Universal in Florida and a failed attempt to set a minimum size catch Adrian’s attention this week

Kyoto has many attractions for the visitor but up until now, I hadn’t thought of it as a shopping venue and certainly not as a 12-13 hour flight away retail attraction.

For many people, July in the Japanese city of Kyoto means only one thing – the Gion Matsuri Festival.

Two “m’s” – the military and meals occupy Adrian’s thoughts this week.

It is a week of museum news and the growth of British tourists to Mexico as well as horse racing on ice! Adrian rounds up the lesser-covered stories of the week.

For centuries cherry blossom time has been celebrated in Japan, so it was with excitement that I found myself bound for Kyoto, cultural centre of Japan. It is great gardens for which Kyoto is famous and the first anyone wants to see the Zen dry garden Ryoan-ji.

Many people consider that spring is the best time to visit Japan. Why? Because of the cherry blossom