Kyoto Expert Travel Guides

See what the experts are saying about Kyoto. Get expert advice on how to get there what to see and more.

Getting around

by Frommers Travel Guides

Kyoto is Japan's most visitor-friendly city, with lots of English-language signs and an easy-to-navigate transportation system. By Public Transportation Kyoto's subway and bus networks are efficient and quite easy to use, but one of the b... Continue reading »
Neighborhoods in brief

by Frommers Travel Guides

Around Kyoto Station The southern ward of Shimogyo-ku, which stretches from Kyoto Station north to Shijo Dori Avenue, caters to tourists with its cluster of hotels and to commuters with its shops and restaurants. Kyoto Station, which caused q... Continue reading »

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Kyoto, land of many temples and gardens

We took the Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo to Kyoto Saturday morning, arriving at 11:45am. It was a 2.5 hour ride, very comfo... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Eli & Jess Travel
Boxes of Light

Kyoto is a set of beautiful boxes made from glass and wood and light, floating four or five high in neat streets , with tiny pines perfec... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler jsmadsen
Kyoto - Fountains and Philosophers

Day three in Japan was the first of three day trips to Kyoto, after frantically running back and forth and up and down the Kyoto train st... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler HeatherN
Osaka

Having visited Peter’s work and talked to one of his secretaries about the ferry to Korea, we jumped on the train again to Osaka. O... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Adro&Sean
Kyoto--Arashiyama and Shopping streets

I took a train to neighboring Kameoka to catch the Hozu-gawa Kudari, a boat ride down the Hozu-gawa River. The ride was relaxing an... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler LShiz