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April 18-23
Antique Interior Fabric Event at Sakuradanicho 47 Gallery
Handmade designer soft furnishings by OhBee, created using century old Japanese silks. Open: Wed - Mon 11:00-18:00.
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Kyoto Visitor's Guide 300th Issue Special Feature
Kagai - The Sublime Heritage of Kyoto
The everlasting world of Geiko and Maiko
In July 1987, the celebratory first issue of Kyoto Visitor’s Guide was launched and distributed in the city. KVG has presented diverse information and articles for foreign visitors to Kyoto. This very issue is the commemorative 300th issue. KVG will continue to provide useful, educational and interesting information for all of our readers now and in the future. (Aug. 2015)
Thank you for your interest in Kyoto and the Kyoto
Visitor's Guide.
The
Kyoto Visitor's Guide (in print since 1987) offers visitors to Kyoto
a great source of up-to-date tourist and travel information: in clear, easy-to-understand English.
In this excellent guide (and online) you will find useful information about:
1) Kyoto's
best hotels, ryokans, youth hostels, bed and breakfasts, etc.
2) Kyoto's
finest restaurants, bars and cafes
3) places
to buy and see Japanese handicrafts
4)
suggestions for recommended local walking tours (and great maps in the
print version)
5) places
to experience tea ceremony and other popular Japanese cultural forms
6) detailed
monthly information on ceremonies, rituals, and festivals at Kyoto countless
temples and shrines
7) detailed
information on what is on at Kyoto many museums
8) tour and personal guide and business service options
9) post offices, internet
access, how
to use phones, and contact numbers for embassies and airlines
10) essential Japanese. For a truly memorable stay in Kyoto,
visit the Kyoto Visitor's Guide
homepage @ www.kyotoguide.com !!!