Best IZAKAYA Near Our Guesthouse
We have lived in this area since 2012 and now I think our most favorite IZAKAYA is this place, called SAKURA BAR. I have passed this IZAKAYA hundreds of times…
IKEBANA workshop
Our friends from Belgium, Barbara and Jean came back with a big group! They are a group of artists! Some are students of Jean and learn Kintsugi with him. Here…
Vegan Cafe Restaurants Near Our Guesthouse
For the last two years since the pandemic finished, many travellers from around the world have kept visiting and we have been very busy all the time. Because of the…
A Taiwan Singer 謝欣容’s back.
Ms. Xie has returned to the guesthouse. She came last year around the same time, summer solstice, and stayed for about a week? This year her stay is a little…
Kyoto Botanical Gardens in April
After living in Kyoto for 12 years, I finally went to the Kyoto Botanical Garden for the first time today. Unlike Higashiyama Ward, where people are squeezed in a cramped…
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 2022
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…