Downtown Kyoto is at its most atmospheric by night with its traditional wooden neighbourhoods converted into trendy (and expensive!) restaurants and bars. Not much to look at by day, the streets come alive by night, crowned by the twinkling, beckoning and hypnotic charm of thousands glamour-laden lanterns. We were lucky enough to spot ephemeral glimpses of geiko [...]

And you thought kimonos weren’t sexy…

Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry written in the pattern of 5,7,5 morae (syllables). It might sound a bit boring but I thought it would be a good way to depict the breathtaking garden of Kyoto’s Nanzenji Temple, with it’s vibrant display of autumn leaves. Over the wintry forest, winds howl in rage with no leaves [...]

Okay, so since I haven’t had any time to write or post photos on this blog these past few days (sorry!), I was thinking that it’d be good to bring you along with me with a journey back in time. Come on, let’s take a quick tour in Kyoto, through the most famous Geisha district, [...]

It’s oh so still shh shh. You’re all alone shh shh. Kyoto has probably more temples, shrines and palaces per square kilometres than any other city in the world. While it’s known as “the city of a thousand temples,” it actually has more – plus 1,600 Buddhist ancient temples, 400 Shinto shrines, some of them [...]