A glimpse into Kyoto’s temples and shrines

Kyoto was the original capital of Japan for a thousand years until 1868 and it is justly famous for its thousands of temples, shrines and geishas. Becki had visited on her previous trip but was keen to explore again so we hit some of the major sights on our two days in the city. Kinkaku-ji (The Golden…

Sipping sake like a local

From the snow monkeys, a long day of travel (train-train-bus) brought us to Takayama in the Japan Alps. After loving our time in Furano and Shibu Onsen, we were excited for more time in and around the white stuff. A relatively small town (by Japanese standards), we checked into a cozy hostel (think heaters under the…