One of the most iconic pictures I see of people’s travels to Kyoto are of the Torii gates in Kyoto. The Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine is considered Kyoto’s most important shrine. It was founded in 711, but the main shrine wasn’t built until 1499. At the rear of the shrine are…
Japan popularized the animal cafe so I was hoping we’d get to visit one while we were there. Unfortunately, at many, the animals aren’t treated well so I wasn’t sure if I’d find one that I could feel OK about visiting. And then I found an otter cafe in Kyoto! …
There was no way we were coming to Japan and not taking a ninja class. Ninja stars?!? Swords?!? Cool outfits?!? Yes, please! We took a 1-hour lesson with the Ninja Dojo and Store, although it ran longer than an hour. Luckily it was just the 4 of us at this…
On our first morning in Kyoto, we took a taxi to the pedestrian streets leading up to the Kiyomizu-dera Temple complex. We had a great time popping into the shops on the walk up to the temple. Many shops had samples so we were able to try so many Japanese…