Our (little) BLOG
The Hanami season has started. With the cold of winter fading away, the weather is becoming more pleasant every day. The flowers are blossoming around the city, and that gave us the idea of starting this little blog. We’ll try to post photos and news on a regular basis to show you how Kyoto is looking, changing according to the seasons.
Akiko & Patrick
Seasonal Sweets – Sakuramochi and Ohagi
As the Hanami season approaches, we start to find seasonal sweets around the city. We're usually not very eager to eat sweets, but we enjoy these two, the Sakuramochi and the Ohagi, very much. Sakuramochi (桜餅)...
Hanami-koji by night, Gion
Friends are visiting us and we had a great dinner together next to the Yasaka Shrine in Gion. As you may know, Gion is Kyoto's most famous geisha district. It is filled with shops, restaurants and is a great place to spend an evening. The most popular area of...
Maiko in Miyagawa-Cho
We're really fortunate to be located about 5 minute walk away from the Miyagawa-Cho geisha district. This is one of the five Hanamachi (Japanese geisha district) of Kyoto. It's a couple of small streets featuring a number of Okiya (geisha houses) and Ochaya...
Beginning of the Cherry Blossoms
Today, we had a beautiful warm and sunny day. On the way back from the Kyoto Station, we realized that the cherry trees along the bank of the Kamogawa River were starting to blossom.
March 21 – Kobosan Market day
March 21st — this is the day of the Kobo-San market at the Toji Temple. When in Kyoto on the 21st of any month, we always try to go there. It’s usually better to go there early as it gets VERY crowded quickly.
