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mizu hanabi - water fireworks

mizu hanabi - water fireworks

Water fireworks! No fire, but beautiful “water works” with laser lights and music.

mizu hanabi - water fireworks

mizu hanabi - water fireworks

We chose exciting place to experience - near mizu hanabi.

mizu hanabi - water fireworks

It was so fun, wet wet wet, makes all the people happy!

MIDTOWN SUMMER

cafe flowing KARASUMA

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This is a cafe in Kyoto that is inside of a renovated old western-style building. It has high ceilings that give it a nice spacious feel.

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There are always lots of customers, but Kyoto’s relaxed atmosphere and the comfortable environment will let you relax. The lunch course was also delicious!

cafe flowing KARASUMA 1

cafe flowing KARASUMA (japanese)

Kyoto international manga museum

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Kyoto international manga museum2

This is the place I like the most in Kyoto! We renovated a closed school building for making this museum. Therefore, we use classrooms as manga exhibition rooms.

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Kyoto international manga museum3

In this museum you can read manga freely as you want! Some read manga in a hallway. Others lie back and read manga on a tatami mat. You can also sit reading manga on the terrace or on the lawn.

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This museum holds a workshop for drawing manga and painting anime figures. We also invite a manga celebrity for a talk show. Here is the place we can enjoy ourselves whenever we visit. I want to live in here if possible!

Kyoto international manga museum

Mitarashi-matsuri

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Mitarashi-matsuri, a festival that is held every summer at Shimogamo-shrine in Kyoto.

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Only during the festival, people are allowed to step into the pond with deity water of the shrine. Soak feet in the beautiful and cool pond, light a candle, then have the water of the shrine.

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This is a festival for people to remove their sins and impurities and to wish for their health and longevity.

Shimogamo jinja
Shimogamo - jinja shrine (Welcome to Kyoto)

Kamogawa ayu from Kyoto

Kamogawa ayu from Kyoto

Kyoto is famous for wagashi(japanese confectionery). There are many wagashi shops in Kyoto.

Kamogawa ayu from Kyoto

These are Kamogawa ayu. They imitate ayu (means sweetfish) in Kamogawa (the name of main river flows among Kyoto city). That tastes good contains shiroan (beans paste).

Kamogawa ayu from Kyoto

Tawaraya yoshitomi

MORIKAGE SHIRTS TOKYO

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MORIKAGE SHIRTS KYOTO is a shirts maker in Kyoto. They opened limited shop in Tokyo for 3 days (March.20-22) at photo studio in Denenchofu.

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MORIKAGE SHIRTS TOKYO was on 1F and Maeda coffee (their friend) was 2F. We enjoyed shopping new shirts and drinking tasty coffee.

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MORIKAGE SHIRTS KYOTO
Maeda coffee

Oimatsu snow jelly

Oimatsu whiteday

beautiful snow jelly (awayukikan) with wine flavor.

it is made from sugar, agar, and meringue. fluffy and melt in the mouth! :9
Oimatsu the long-established shop of Japanese sweets in Kyoto specially made for White Day.

Oimatsu whiteday

gifted from 8tokyo staff! thanks!

Oimatsu (Japanese)
awayukikan

Prinz : designer’s hotel at Kyoto

Printz

I stayed at Prinz, designer’s hotel pioneer at Kyoto. It also has a cafe, a gallery, and a bookstore. It’s near Keibun-sha (a famous bookstore at kyoto).

Printz

Printz

Printz

Printz

I stayed alone in a large-room with a very large size bed. It seemed to sleep with 5 people.

prinz

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