Last week at our Rotary Club meeting the invited guest speaker mentioned that she was flying to Japan the next day. When she learned I had been a frequent traveler to Japan she immediately asked if I had any recommendations. My responsive suggestion was to take a look at John Daub’s YouTube videos posted on his channel, “Only in Japan Go.”
Ironically just this morning John posted a video on the topic of visiting Kyoto with suggestions for how to maximize the experience in this era of “Over Tourism.” That prompted me to take on as a Sunday Afternoon Project going back and locating photos and videos of my own travels to Kyoto over the years. The result of that effort is the below linked YouTube Video Playlist that highlights what I have designated as the Top Three temples and shrines serving as attractions in Kyoto - The Golden Pavilion Kinkakuji, Inari Shrine with its thousands of Tori Gates, and Magnificent Kyomizudera Temple with its “fountain of good fortune” waterfall.
My first visits to Kyoto were over five decades ago. My most recent visit to Kyoto was this past year.
The question is posed, “Should You Still Visit Kyoto?”
Saturday I ran into friends who had just returned from Japan. In the course of our conversation they recounted how even in Hokkaido there were bus loads of tourists from China overwhelming the tourist destinations there. Kyoto is a magnet for tourists from all over the world and the sheer number of visitors there has led to the concept of “Over Tourism.”
Hopefully a viewing of my offered Kyoto Playlist and photos will help to answer that question for you.
THE PLAYLIST:
In this below linked video playlist share the experience of visiting all three of Kyoto's Top Three temples and shrines. Your visits are accompanied by music.
The first is the gold Kinkakuji Temple and its sorrowing emerald colored lake and gardens which include seeing the storied hidden waterfall along a path behind it.
Second is a visit to Inarri Shrine with its thousands of Tori Gates that extend upward on Inari mountain.
Third is a visit to magnificent Kyomizudera Temple which extends out over a cliff. Below are the waterfalls for which it is named and in addition to experience drinking from them for good fortune also witness the spear challenge as challengers attempt to life a heavy spear King Arthur sword-in-the-stone like.
Link to kyoto Video Playlist featuring The Top Three Attractions in Kyoto:
Last week at our Rotary Club meeting the invited guest speaker mentioned that she was flying to Japan the next day. When she learned I had been a frequent traveler to Japan she immediately asked if I had any recommendations. My responsive suggestion was to take a look at John Daub’s YouTube videos posted on his channel, “Only in Japan Go.”
Ironically just this morning John posted a video on the topic of visiting Kyoto with suggestions for how to maximize the experience in this era of “Over Tourism.” That prompted me to take on as a Sunday Afternoon Project going back and locating photos and videos of my own travels to Kyoto over the years. The result of that effort is the below linked YouTube Video Playlist that highlights what I have designated as the Top Three temples and shrines serving as attractions in Kyoto - The Golden Pavilion Kinkakuji, Inari Shrine with its thousands of Tori Gates, and Magnificent Kyomizudera Temple with its “fountain of good fortune” waterfall.
My first visits to Kyoto were over five decades ago. My most recent visit to Kyoto was this past year.
The question is posed, “Should You Still Visit Kyoto?”
Saturday I ran into friends who had just returned from Japan. In the course of our conversation they recounted how even in Hokkaido there were bus loads of tourists from China overwhelming the tourist destinations there. Kyoto is a magnet for tourists from all over the world and the sheer number of visitors there has led to the concept of “Over Tourism.”
Hopefully a viewing of my offered Kyoto Playlist and photos will help to answer that question for you.
THE PLAYLIST:
In this below linked video playlist share the experience of visiting all three of Kyoto's Top Three temples and shrines. Your visits are accompanied by music.
The first is the gold Kinkakuji Temple and its sorrowing emerald colored lake and gardens which include seeing the storied hidden waterfall along a path behind it.
Second is a visit to Inarri Shrine with its thousands of Tori Gates that extend upward on Inari mountain.
Third is a visit to magnificent Kyomizudera Temple which extends out over a cliff. Below are the waterfalls for which it is named and in addition to experience drinking from them for good fortune also witness the spear challenge as challengers attempt to life a heavy spear King Arthur sword-in-the-stone like.
Link to kyoto Video Playlist featuring The Top Three Attractions in Kyoto:
Hail the gift of memory in this fifty-second state. Who sold me down the river and shafts me while he waits. Outside the gates of Eden, star spangled and so late.
Snow Surfing on a Rail Flat Car Under the Shadow of America’s Tallest Mountain, Mt McKinley/Denali
Surrounded by the spectacular setting of snow covered Mount Susitna and Mt McKinley, an Alaska Railroad worker maintains his balance as he rides standing erect on the bed of a moving snow-covered railroad flat car.
In Alaska USA Dual Locomotives Pull Their Cargo Past a Looming Mount McKinley, America’s Tallest Mtn
In this northern corner of the USA watch a dual-engined Alaska Railroad Train as it powers past the scenic waters of Anchorage Alaska’s Cook Inlet with its surrounding mountains Susitna and McKinley.
Link to Video of Dual Locomotives hauling their cargo amid a Scenic Setting:
Raised Up Over America’s Tallest Mountain, US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker Floats Over Mt McKinley
United States Air Force’s aerial refueling aircraft, the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, is captured right over Mt McKinley (formerly known as Denali.)
In this video the Stratotanker is seen as it continues to head to Anchorage Alaska’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, returned from a refueling mission.
Link to Video of US Air Force Aerial Refueling Aircraft "Raised Up" over the mountain accompanied by Song "You Raise Me Up:"
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Should You Still Visit Kyoto?
Last week at our Rotary Club meeting the invited guest speaker mentioned that she was flying to Japan the next day. When she learned I had been a frequent traveler to Japan she immediately asked if I had any recommendations. My responsive suggestion was to take a look at John Daub’s YouTube videos posted on his channel, “Only in Japan Go.”
Ironically just this morning John posted a video on the topic of visiting Kyoto with suggestions for how to maximize the experience in this era of “Over Tourism.” That prompted me to take on as a Sunday Afternoon Project going back and locating photos and videos of my own travels to Kyoto over the years. The result of that effort is the below linked YouTube Video Playlist that highlights what I have designated as the Top Three temples and shrines serving as attractions in Kyoto - The Golden Pavilion Kinkakuji, Inari Shrine with its thousands of Tori Gates, and Magnificent Kyomizudera Temple with its “fountain of good fortune” waterfall.
My first visits to Kyoto were over five decades ago. My most recent visit to Kyoto was this past year.
The question is posed, “Should You Still Visit Kyoto?”
Saturday I ran into friends who had just returned from Japan. In the course of our conversation they recounted how even in Hokkaido there were bus loads of tourists from China overwhelming the tourist destinations there. Kyoto is a magnet for tourists from all over the world and the sheer number of visitors there has led to the concept of “Over Tourism.”
Hopefully a viewing of my offered Kyoto Playlist and photos will help to answer that question for you.
THE PLAYLIST:
In this below linked video playlist share the experience of visiting all three of Kyoto's Top Three temples and shrines. Your visits are accompanied by music.
The first is the gold Kinkakuji Temple and its sorrowing emerald colored lake and gardens which include seeing the storied hidden waterfall along a path behind it.
Second is a visit to Inarri Shrine with its thousands of Tori Gates that extend upward on Inari mountain.
Third is a visit to magnificent Kyomizudera Temple which extends out over a cliff. Below are the waterfalls for which it is named and in addition to experience drinking from them for good fortune also witness the spear challenge as challengers attempt to life a heavy spear King Arthur sword-in-the-stone like.
Link to kyoto Video Playlist featuring The Top Three Attractions in Kyoto:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLtb5zi734BfaxHqyMWm-weaT7AiV81Tz5
PHOTOS FROM KYOTO JAPAN:
Visiting Kyoto over five decades ago:
Recent Visits to Kyoto:
The Gion District:
Inari Shrine and its Tori Gates:
The Golden Pavilion, Kinkakuji and its Hidden Waterfall:
Magnificent Kyomizudera Temple, its Pagoda and its Good Fortune Giving Waterfall:
Over Tourism in Kyoto?
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From Last Night:
Viewed from two separate locations enjoy a stunning Alaska sunset accompanied by musical Melodies.
Link to Video Playlist of Last Night's Spectacular Silhouetting Sunset:
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Hail the gift of memory in this fifty-second state. Who sold me down the river and shafts me while he waits. Outside the gates of Eden, star spangled and so late.
'Twas business as usual at Maisy’s Grooming Salon yesterday.
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I still watch these guys every Saturday night. Funny guys
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Snow Surfing on a Rail Flat Car Under the Shadow of America’s Tallest Mountain, Mt McKinley/Denali
Surrounded by the spectacular setting of snow covered Mount Susitna and Mt McKinley, an Alaska Railroad worker maintains his balance as he rides standing erect on the bed of a moving snow-covered railroad flat car.
Link to Snow Surfing Video:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VAKMcWEf-pY
Screenshot Photo:
Concurrently taken Photo of America's Tallest Mountain as seen from Anchorage, 130 miles distant:
In Alaska USA Dual Locomotives Pull Their Cargo Past a Looming Mount McKinley, America’s Tallest Mtn
In this northern corner of the USA watch a dual-engined Alaska Railroad Train as it powers past the scenic waters of Anchorage Alaska’s Cook Inlet with its surrounding mountains Susitna and McKinley.
Link to Video of Dual Locomotives hauling their cargo amid a Scenic Setting:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YRxjOYD-leo
Concurrently taken photos:
:ALSO FROM THIS WEEK:
Raised Up Over America’s Tallest Mountain, US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker Floats Over Mt McKinley
United States Air Force’s aerial refueling aircraft, the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, is captured right over Mt McKinley (formerly known as Denali.)
In this video the Stratotanker is seen as it continues to head to Anchorage Alaska’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, returned from a refueling mission.
Link to Video of US Air Force Aerial Refueling Aircraft "Raised Up" over the mountain accompanied by Song "You Raise Me Up:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e0RFo-_-S-8
Screen Shots and Concurrently taken Photos: