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Monday, August 1, 2011

Nishijin Honryuji Temple

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本流時 On a hot slow ride through Nishijin en route to Kitayama on Saturday, we rode past Honryuji Temple. It was founded in 1488, and has a...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

Shrine Gates Near Shisendo Temple

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詩仙堂の近くの鳥居 On the slope up to Shisendo Temple from Kita Shirakawa Dori street, there is a large torii gate more or less in the middle of t...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

Kyoto Online Bicycle Manners Campaign

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京都 自転車利用マナー向上戦隊 ほっとかナイス The great minds at Kyoto City Hall are at it again, this time with a vengeance - and a web site. In an effort to...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Bicycling Kodaiji Temple

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自転車で高台寺へ Kodaiji Temple is one of Kyoto's gems. It was established in 1606 by Nene, the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The temple was ...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Makino Shozo Kyoto Film Legend

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マキノ省三墓地 Makino Shozo is a legend in the history of Japanese film. Born in 1878, he was a director, producer, and one of the major pionee...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Kyoto Graffiti Shisendo

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京都落書き詩仙堂 On the narrow hilly streets close to Shisendo Temple are many of the traditional walls that delineate property lines and protect ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Cycling Shibuya?

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東京渋谷で自転車を乗る？ From a Kyoto perspective what is striking about this photo of Shibuya - Tokyo's uber fashion mecca - is not the buildings...