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5 Activities That Make Kyoto A Must Visit Place

By: Pinki Sat, 07 Mar 2020 2:19:36

5 Activities That Make Kyoto a Must Visit Place

Kyoto is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Kansai region. With a centuries-old history as the island nation’s former capital, as well as being one of the major religious hubs in Japan, Kyoto has a great number of cultural sites. Here are the most unforgettable things to do and see in the city.

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Spring Dances by Kyoto’s geiko and maiko

Lots of Kyoto travel websites talk about being able to spot geisha around Kyoto, especially in the Gion area, but often these are just tourists dressed in traditional clothing. The Spring Dances Kitano Odori in March, Kyo Odori and Miyako Odori in April, and Kamogawa Odori in May are your best chance at catching the rare sight of an actual performance by geiko and maiko (Kyoto geisha and their apprentices) in the city.

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Zen at Ryoan-ji Rock Garden

Unlike other traditional Japanese gardens, Zen rock gardens are dry-landscape gardens that do not contain any bodies of water. Instead, gravel and sand are carefully raked into patterns that represent rippling water. Ryoan-ji is perhaps the most famous of Kyoto’s Zen Buddhist gardens. It contains 15 boulders grouped in such a way that it is only possible to see 14 of them at any one time while standing on the veranda very Zen!

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Make a wish at Fushimi Inari-Taisha Shrine

With its 10,000 vermilion shrine gates, Fushimi-Inari is one of the most popular sites in Kyoto. However, before you make the pilgrimage up Mount Inari’s trail, take a moment to stop by the Omokaru Stones near the entrance. The two stone lanterns are each topped with a heavy ornament called a giboshi. Make a wish and try to lift one of the giboshi. If you find the stone to be lighter than expected, then it’s said that your wish will be granted. However, if you find the stone to be very heavy, you may face hardship and trials in reaching your goal.

Harvest your own green tea and then enjoy a freshly brewed cup

Kyoto's Uji City is one of the most renowned green tea-producing areas in all of Japan, and several plantations in the area offer tea-picking tours for visitors. Enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lush tea fields, learn how to pick the delicate tea leaves by hand from an expert and then make a fresh brew with the batch you harvested using a special hand-rolling technique called temomi. Those so inclined can even don traditional tea-picking clothing for the occasion.

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Japan's finest vegan and vegetarian cuisine

Vegans and vegetarians, rejoice! Not only is Kyoto a city with one of the highest numbers of Michelin-star restaurants in the world, it is also renowned for its vegan- and vegetarian-friendly venues. From the traditional Buddhist vegan cuisine shojin ryori to delicate yuba, made from the skin that forms at the top of soy milk as it is heated, and yudofu (tofu hotpot), there’s a never-ending list of things for non-meat and non-dairy eaters to enjoy. Be sure to also look out for dishes made with Kyoto speciality vegetables, like the shogoin turnip and kamo nasu eggplant, all fresh and locally grown.

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