It is hard to put into words just how beautiful Kyoto is. We have just returned from a fantastic 6-day family holiday in Japan and we spent most of that time in the historic city of Kyoto. Temples, castles, bamboo forests, mountains and lakes, quaint streets crammed with shops and restaurants, geisha-spotting in Gion, exploring the 1000 gates of the Fushiminari-taisa shrine, meeting a traditional origami artist who creates stunning works of art by folding connected paper cranes, getting up close and personal with hundreds of Japanese monkeys at the Arashiyama monkey park, wandering beneath thousands of cherry trees in full bloom... we had so many adventures in Kyoto that is impossible to list them all. This city has worked its magic on our family and we have fallen in love with Japan. Some of us are already dreaming of returning...
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