I almost skipped the Loft Market at Powerscourt Centre because I couldn’t really tell from my online research whether it was worth a stop. The Powerscourt and Loft websites called …
Walk into the accessories section of any Japanese store and you will be floored by the trays of carefully arranged, high-quality hair pins, barrettes and costume jewelry, all sparkling enticingly …
Most of Kyoto looks like an average Japanese city, filled with modern, concrete buildings tied together by jumbles of telephone wires. So it wasn’t exactly a shock when we stepped …
Kiyomizu temple, the Eiffel tower of Kyoto If you’re like most travelers, you’ve probably seen a dramatic photo like this one of Kyoto’s Kiyomizu temple, perched in the trees like …
Skip to the shops Pienza is a gorgeous Unesco hill town, perfect to visit any time of day for the striking renaissance architecture.
Kiyomizu is a great area to shop for traditional Kyoto artisan goods— you may have read about the great textile pouches we found in our last post here. But there …