My First Snow
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Cristiane
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11:29 AM
Have you ever felt joyfear? No, that was not a typo. It is one word. As Leo Babauta of Zenhabits coined it, joyfear, is simply a mar...
A Tradition: Ringing in the New Year
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Cristiane
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8:48 AM
ctually, I cannot recall with great certainty whether it was on NYE when I went to the Higashiyama area to see Gion and Pontocho Alley....
The Charm of Arashiyama
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Cristiane
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8:05 AM
There can be no place that is as touristy as Arashiyama in Kyoto in my opinion, whether it may be spring, summer, autumn or winter. It w...
A Long Night of Culture Shock
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Cristiane
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9:38 PM
My second night in Kyoto was the night I stripped naked in front of ajummas in Japan. But before I talk about that experience in particular,...
Discovering the Zen in Ninnaji Temple
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Cristiane
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8:44 AM
After my overwhelming visit to the splendid Kinkakuji temple, famously known as the Golden Pavilion. (I had the spelling right this time, ha...
Admiring the Golden Pavillion
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Cristiane
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9:26 PM
Among the thousands of temples in Kyoto, Kinkakuji is the one that outshines just about any other, may it be a temple or shrine. No wonder ...
Way to Kiyomizudera Temple
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Cristiane
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9:23 AM
After my visit to Fushimi Inari, there is a very old city feel to the surrounding cafes that follow your way to the Kiyomizu. I was already...
Beautiful Fushimi Inari
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Cristiane
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9:01 AM
It is very much freezing at I dont know, about 4 to 7 degrees Celsius though as I said, I had a sigh of relief as I entered the Ryokan hoste...
