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Where to Stay in Kyoto: The Five Areas, and the New Lodging Tax
Kyoto is a city you see before nine in the morning, which makes where you sleep matter more than it does in…
Kansai
京都府
Kyoto
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Destination Guides
Kyoto in 3 Days: The Route That Skips the Crowds
Kyoto's problem is not that it is crowded. It is that it is crowded between ten and three, at eight specific places.…
Plan Your Trip
14 Days in Japan: Getting Past Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka
Two weeks is enough to leave the golden route and still see it. A rail-based loop through Kanazawa, Takayama and Hiroshima that…
Plan Your Trip
The Classic 7-Day Japan Itinerary (and How to Stretch It to 10)
Two cities, one Shinkansen, three day trips and no repacking after day four. The route that works for a first week in…
Getting Around
Kansai Transport: Which Pass for Which Trip
Kyoto is a bus city, Osaka is a subway city, and the fastest train between them is not the one you would…
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