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# Kyoto
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/kyoto/
- Published: 2018-05-12T19:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-29T10:12:24.000Z
- Description: A day trip to Kyoto was too short. So on my second visit to Japan I spent three days in Kyoto, which again was too short.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

On my first trip to Japan I'd planned a day trip from Tokyo to Kyoto. As I soon discovered spending a day in Kyoto was way too short. So on my second trip to Japan I scheduled three days for Kyoto, which again was too short.

![Torii gates at Fushimi Inari-taisha in Kyoto](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kyoto-1.jpg)

The rows of torii gates at Fushimi Inari-taisha in Kyoto

![Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kyoto-7.jpg)

Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kyoto-9.jpg)

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I find those narrow streets and alleys in Japan highly photogenic. To navigate those narrow streets even the cars are small. 

![Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kyoto-8.jpg)

Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kyoto-2.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kyoto-3.jpg)

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Fushimi Inari-taisha, Kyoto

![Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kyoto-19.jpg)

Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kyoto-11-1.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kyoto-12.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kyoto-13.jpg)

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The photos in the gallery above were taken along the hike from Takao to Hozukyo, which is actually quite a nice hike. The hills surrounding Kyoto are really beautiful. 

![Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kyoto-21.jpg)

Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto

![Myoshin-ji Temple complex](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/12/kyoto-22.jpg)

Myoshin-ji Temple complex

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2024/02/kyoto-22.jpg)

My shoes outside a temple at the Myoshin-ji Temple complex

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2024/02/kyoto-23.jpg)

The temple

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2024/02/kyoto-24.jpg)

The Gion district at dusk. I did see some "maiko" walking down the street.

### Links

More Japan! The [Tsukiji Fish Market](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/tsukiji-fish-market/) before it closed for good, [Tokyo](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/tokyo/), [Osaka](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/osaka/) and the amazing [Koyasan](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/koyasan/) or Mount Koya.