Kyoto is a city in the central part of the island of Honshu, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million.
As the imperial capital of Japan for more than one thousand years, it is now composed of the major part of
the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. With the temples, parks, bustling business districts, markets, from
regal estates to the tightly-packed neighborhoods, Kyoto is one of the oldest and most famous Asian metropolises.


(L) Pagoda of Kiyomizu-dera temple in autumn
(R) Buddhist monk in form of Zazen is begging for on a bridge, as a part of the training. (Source: Wikipdia)

Sanjo Ohashi, the terminus of Tokaido in Edo period (ukiyoe by Hiroshige)

(L) Kyoto, main street, 1891 (R) Kinkaku-ji temple, Temple of the Golden Pavilion

(L) Ginkaku-ji, The temple of the Silver Pavilion, is a Zen temple of Kyoto
(R) A visitor in a Japanese dress

Map of the main part of Kyoto

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京都 東福寺 　伏見稲荷大社 　南禅寺　永観寺 　天龍寺 渡月橋 真如堂 金戒光明寺 龍安寺　
詩仙堂　園光寺　清水寺 東寺 京都駅 JRおよび近郊鉄道
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清水寺 渡月橋 大覚寺

Smoke-free hotels in Japan
Smoke-free hotels in Tokyo
Smoke-free hotels in Kyoto and Nara
Stress-free travel in Tokyo Metropolitan and Kyoto area
Domestic travel in Japan
Osaka and Tennouji Zoo


秋の京都
執筆　医学博士 宮本順伯
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The article was written in January 2018, by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
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