From Osaka we left early to get to Kyoto where we did a morning tour starting with a visit to the To-ji Temple, a Buddhist temple located southwest of Kyoto Station.

To-ji means something like East Temple and together with the West Temple of Sai-ji it formed the gateway to the ancient city of Heian-kyo, or modern Kyoto.

The Heian period is a highlight in the history...

Japan had always been my dream travel destination and last Easter I finally had the opportunity to go there. I stayed in Japan for 10 days which might have been a short trip but it lived up to all my expectations.

Kyoto is without a doubt the most beautiful and fascinating city of the entire archipelago and a perfect fusion of the old Japan and the modern aspects of the Japanese...