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If you’re flexible about how many days in Kobe you can spend, the city and the rest of Hyogo prefecture will really come alive for you.
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Where can you see fall colors in Kyoto?
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By the time you finish reading this post, you’ll know Kyoto at least as well as I do.
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“Temple fatigue” is a very real phenomenon.
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If you’ve never been to either city, comparing Tokyo vs Kyoto might seem futile.
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Visit Japan’s second city to see sakura of the first rate.
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I’m glad you’re here—and I’m excited to help you get out of town.
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Hanami in Kyoto can be a perfect experience—if you follow my advice.
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The issue isn’t that you got lost, but that you found yourself.
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The Shinkansen, in almost all cases, is neither the best nor even the fastest way to travel from Kyoto to Osaka.
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The sake town of Fushimi is as central to the story of Kyoto as Arashiyama or Higashiyama—and I hope you’ll take the time to see why.
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I do love a good Japanese castle, even if Takeda-jo is little more than ruins.
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The best cities to visit in Japan aren’t always ones you read about in guide books
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I’m not interested in telling you what your journey should mean—I just want to make it easy for you to take!
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A trip to Uji—a real trip to Uji—is not quite as simple and straightforward as you might think it is.
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It wasn’t until Kyoto’s tourist traps became everyday sight for me that I really wanted to get off its beaten path.
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How many days should you spend in Osaka?
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First trips to Kyoto are almost never last trips to Kyoto.
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May you end up loving Kyoto as much as I do.
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