We are finally getting the normal life back.
Now I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. It has been a really long long tunnel, but we have found the way out! The Japanese…
Popular Standing Izakaya in Kyoto 立ち飲み庶民
I finally went to the very popular Standing Izakaya named SHOMIN (means ordinary people). We ordered this much to eat and drink, and it only cost 2000 yen per person.…
Gion Festival 祇園祭 2023
The Gion Festival was finally held since it was stopped by Covid-19 in 2020. This Festival was started to stop spreading the plague by the power of God in 970.…
Nearby Okonomi Yaki ご近所の三幸さん
This Okonomi Yaki restaurant is five doors away from our guesthouse. I don't know how many times I have been here but last night when I was there, I finally…
Sichuan Hotpot in Kyoto 薬膳火鍋 in 京都
I had only one guest who asked me to recommend a Chinese restaurant in the past 10 years of running a guesthouse in Kyoto. So I am very sure that…
Guesthouse with Packraft
How do you think about a guesthouse that has packraft rental service? 一家京都的民宿提供背包船服务，您觉得如何？ パックラフトがレンタルできる京都のゲストハウスなんてどうでしょうか？
Tsubosaka-dera in Nara 壺阪寺の桜
We are having late Sakura blooming this year. This is Tsubosaka dera temple we stoped by on the way back after Yoshino Sakura, was just amazing! Full of Sakura trees…
Hoping to enjoy Sakura with guests in 2023
Kiyoimzu Temple today. 15 min walk from Guesthouse Soi to see this view. A quiet ordinary little park near our guesthouse is also the most beautiful time of the year…
ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2022
ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO is an art fair of contemporary art set in historic Kyoto since 2018. This year there were exhibition of Giant Kokeshi and Super cool Komainu, the guardian…
GYUKATSU Kyoto Katsugyu 牛カツ京都勝牛
I finally went to this restaurant "Katsugyu" and uderstood why it became so popular those years. The deep fried skin was very chrispy. You have your own iron plate and…