The Ladies & The Monks - 4 Days in Kyoto (2018)
I finally made it to Kyoto. It was a delicious four days - of stalking geikos and maikos; fortuitously being there for the Aoba Matsuri festival - which was all fire, smoke and soothing chants; Zen-ing in many a serene garden, shrine and temple; and of course, four days of next level civilisation.
A Kyoto 'sampler' for now - will definitely be back.
Read MoreA Kyoto 'sampler' for now - will definitely be back.
Rushing around in Arashiyama.
The only way to get away from the crowds in the bamboo forest...look up.
Fushimi-inari
Foxes are thought to be messengers. What does the fox say?
Going off the torii path - one way to avoid the crowds
The kimono forest at Arashiyama.
One of the 4 boatmen on our Hozugawa River ride.
At Kappa Zushi, Pontocho - best sushi meal of the trip.
Aoba Matsuri festival at the Chisaku-in Temple
