Posts Tagged ‘
Kyoto ’
Nov 8th, 2018 |
By The Editor
It is concerned about the behaviour of visitors in the Gion-Shinbashi area of the city where relations between visitors and locals has reached the point where a committee of locals has been set up to encourage more courteous behaviour.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Japan, Kyoto, over tourism, tourism pollution
Mar 7th, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Sri Lankan author, film producer and hip hop artist, Ruby Lovell, shares her travel highs and lows
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: amsterdam, Asia, Barbados, Berlin, Big Apple, Caribbean, city breaks, Civil War, Colombo, elephants, Empire State Building, French Alps, Greenwich Village, holiday, Japan, Kyoto, London, Mullins Bay, New York, Rum Punch, Russia, skiing, Sri Lanka, Tamil, Tokyo, Val d'Isere
Oct 7th, 2016 |
By The Editor
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?.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Japan, Jidai Matsuri, Kyoto
Apr 30th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
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.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 30th April 2016
Tags: Arundel Castle, Brazil, Canada, Canadian Tulip Festival, Cumbria, Dispatches, Flight Centre, Gotha, Hawaii, Japan, Kyoto, Ottawa, regional museums, The Ernestines - A Dynasty Shapes Europe, Weimar
Feb 13th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
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
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 13th February 2016
Tags: Aberdeen Airport, aircraft engines carbon emissions, America Wild – National Parks Adventure, Congressman Steve Cohen, Dubai, ETOA, Italian air passenger taxes, Jamaica, Kyoto, minimum airline seat sizes, National Parks Service, Universal Orlando
Sep 16th, 2015 |
By The Editor
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.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Arashivama Hanatouro, Japan, Kyoto
Jun 17th, 2015 |
By The Editor
For many people, July in the Japanese city of Kyoto means only one thing – the Gion Matsuri Festival.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Ato-matsuri, Gion Matsuri Festival, Japan, Kyoto, Saki-matsuri, Yamahoko Junko
Feb 7th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
Two “m’s” – the military and meals occupy Adrian’s thoughts this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 7th February 2015
Tags: Florida Keys, Greece, Historic Dockyard Chatham, HMS Victory, Imperial War Museum, Kyoto, National Maritime Museum, Portland Dining Month, Rhodes, Samurai Kembu Kyoto
Jan 31st, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
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.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 31st January 2015
Tags: AeroMexico, Greece, Heligan, Kyoto, Lithuania, National Gallery, Riviera Nayarit, Sartai Horse Racing, Smithsonian, Stirling Castle, The Great Tapestry of Scotland
Jun 14th, 2013 |
By Patricia Cleveland-Peck
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.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Spring in Kyoto
Tags: Daitoku-ji, Garden of the Moon at Jōju-in, Japan, Kyoto, Ryoan-ji, Ryokan Hiiragiya
Jan 29th, 2013 |
By The Editor
Many people consider that spring is the best time to visit Japan. Why? Because of the cherry blossom
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Cherry Blossom, Japan, Kyoto, UNESCO