I was quite disappointed with the lack of clouds this early dawn to make my trip worthwhile. The innkeeper told us that August was the best time to see the stunning view so I really didn’t have much chance to begin with. Thereafter we decided to make the 800 stepContinue Reading

Kyoto is the old capital of Japan before the present day Edo/Tokyo. I had read so much about the end days of the Shogunate era before the Meiji restoration (thanks to the game Hakuoki) that it was with a certain sense of trepidation that I arrived in Kyoto. Our firstContinue Reading