I love Kyoto.
Kyoto is a busy city when you look at the always-long queues at Kyoto station bus stop and crowded JR stations, but they are different with any other cities in the way of small businesses are simply everywhere in the city. I don’t know how many small businesses are making up the city, but what I saw during the stay at Kyoto was pretty many. From restaurants I have been to shops where I bought souvenirs or even the guesthouse I have stayed they are seldom gigantic co-operations, they are having different characters, and most importantly, they are with great services, not that kind of saying ‘Welcome’ ‘See you’ in Starbucks when getting in for a drink, but the type you feel you are the only one you will be treated in this way.
Before the trip to Kyoto I had a thought of whether it’ll be bored of just visiting temples, but it turned out with complete elimination of such thought. Unique services by small businesses make every parts of Kyoto different. I still recalled how considerate Ms Kahori was during the stay at her Chita guesthouse. I went the day before checking in just to say hello and asked if I could arrive a bit earlier the time of check-in to put the luggages at her house, and on the next day when I arrived, she said she’s already prepared for my room; She knew I love cycling around in Kyoto, so when I requested to rent her bicycle for second time she simply said to me quietly ‘no need to pay, no need, take the lock and go !!!’. And actually, it is fun to visit temples. Temples in Kyoto, other than the Buddha, have different characteristics. There is Fushimi-inari shrines where there are thousands of Tori (traditional gate usually at the entrance); There is Shoren-in temple where also opens at night time and lightens the temple in blue and yellow; There is Todaji temple where actually visitors can have fun on going through the hole of around 1.5 x 2 m which once getting through you will have enlightenment.
I made some good friendship with people around the world during the trip. Going to living room of guesthouse/ hostel every time I called it the day for the travel, I was able to meet someone. Italian, Danish, Japanese, German, Holland, Canadian, it is just the bonus from the trip that you can establish a relationship with people all around the world, and to know how different they are living. And through talking with them it is always interesting to know some information that you may not be aware of before, for example the ‘great’ attitude of Swiss towards Germans (ha, sorry Eli and Nadine) and kissing or hugging has never been welcomed in some of European countries (Please let me say it again, Davide)
The travel to Kyoto this time was excellent and I was already thinking of a re-visit in later years, probably with better Japanese the coming time.
Kyoto is a busy city when you look at the always-long queues at Kyoto station bus stop and crowded JR stations, but they are different with any other cities in the way of small businesses are simply everywhere in the city. I don’t know how many small businesses are making up the city, but what I saw during the stay at Kyoto was pretty many. From restaurants I have been to shops where I bought souvenirs or even the guesthouse I have stayed they are seldom gigantic co-operations, they are having different characters, and most importantly, they are with great services, not that kind of saying ‘Welcome’ ‘See you’ in Starbucks when getting in for a drink, but the type you feel you are the only one you will be treated in this way.
Before the trip to Kyoto I had a thought of whether it’ll be bored of just visiting temples, but it turned out with complete elimination of such thought. Unique services by small businesses make every parts of Kyoto different. I still recalled how considerate Ms Kahori was during the stay at her Chita guesthouse. I went the day before checking in just to say hello and asked if I could arrive a bit earlier the time of check-in to put the luggages at her house, and on the next day when I arrived, she said she’s already prepared for my room; She knew I love cycling around in Kyoto, so when I requested to rent her bicycle for second time she simply said to me quietly ‘no need to pay, no need, take the lock and go !!!’. And actually, it is fun to visit temples. Temples in Kyoto, other than the Buddha, have different characteristics. There is Fushimi-inari shrines where there are thousands of Tori (traditional gate usually at the entrance); There is Shoren-in temple where also opens at night time and lightens the temple in blue and yellow; There is Todaji temple where actually visitors can have fun on going through the hole of around 1.5 x 2 m which once getting through you will have enlightenment.
I made some good friendship with people around the world during the trip. Going to living room of guesthouse/ hostel every time I called it the day for the travel, I was able to meet someone. Italian, Danish, Japanese, German, Holland, Canadian, it is just the bonus from the trip that you can establish a relationship with people all around the world, and to know how different they are living. And through talking with them it is always interesting to know some information that you may not be aware of before, for example the ‘great’ attitude of Swiss towards Germans (ha, sorry Eli and Nadine) and kissing or hugging has never been welcomed in some of European countries (Please let me say it again, Davide)
The travel to Kyoto this time was excellent and I was already thinking of a re-visit in later years, probably with better Japanese the coming time.
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