24 Hours in Kyoto Japan – One Day Travel Guide

I spent 24 hours in Kyoto Japan during an 8 day solo trip through Japan and these are the temples, palaces and places I visited.
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[Music] I feel like this is the first time in a long time where I haven’t been in a hiking outfit but don’t get used to it I still got sneakers on cuz we’ve got a lot of walking to do welcome everyone to Kyoto Japan this is an ancient city but also a truly Metropolitan one it actually served as the Japanese capital for over a thousand years and it holds some of the most historical and beautiful architecture in this country with not one but 17 UNESCO world heritage sites and we are starting today in the Kyoto National Gardens which is also home to the Imperial pal this place is beautiful it has 50,000 trees tons of beautiful flowers ancient temples and shrines and we’ve got a lot of exploring to do today hence the shoes so I’m not going to waste any time let’s get [Music] going we are now inside the Imperial City this complex was built in 79 before over a thousand years ago it is absolutely beautiful I’m standing in front of one of just these massive Gates adorned with gold it is so intricate and beautiful this entire compx is where the Emperors lived for hundreds of years as they ruled over the Japanese country and it’s really really cool exploring the grounds here really beautiful there’s a lot more to see but the architecture in here is just absolutely epic this is a place that really makes you feel small I love all the clean lines and the colors that really blend more naturally into the surrounding environments and unlike a lot of castles and palaces around the world that just scream extravagance this place is more lowkey but where you can see the extravagance is in the details when you look closely at the hinges and the door frames and intricate carvings that pop out to the train [Music] ey I am truly amazed by how empty this placees first of all this is actually free to explore there’s no entry fee you do have to pass through a gate where they check your bags but other than that you can come and experience this place for no money at all and I think I had this sweet SWAT on when to come and visit Japan because it’s just the tail end of cherry blossom season and next week is actually golden week which is a big celebration week here in Japan where pretty much all of the locals get to take the week off and travel around so it’s very busy and not a great time for foreign visitors to come and enjoy the country so I think this is the best time to visit because so far this morning we’ve had lots of places to ourselves I wanted to point out one of the other buildings here which is just absolutely beautiful now not everything in this complex is super ancient this building behind me was actually built in 1915 so after the emperor stopped living here in Kyoto and moved to Tokyo they still did use this property for the coronation of Emperors and that’s why this one was built to usher in the new emperor of the taow [Music] this narrow Alleyway is called a restaurant row and at night you might see gas walking through here it’s one of the most historical streets here in Kyoto and very [Music] cute all right one of the very specific things that I wanted this morning was these little pancakes they have the cutest kind of like pancake making machine and you can buy one or a whole box M oh my gosh that’s so good it’s really sweet inside fluffy M delicious and for donut lovers next door is a place called Co Donuts we’re going to try [Music] one no [Music] no there were so many different types of donuts it was really hard to choose I ended up getting a just kind of plain dut with matcha on top and also some kind of banana milkshake these I guess normally have marscapone cheese in them and milk but I got mine vegan and it’s really [Music] good this definitely reminds me of being a kid or funnel cake depending on where you grew up and it has just this matcha glaze on top it is really good this is is also delicious good thing we’re doing a lot of walking [Music] today one of the nicknames for Kyoto is the city of a 10,000 temples there are a lot of them and right now we’re at one of the most famous Buddhist temples here in Kyoto with expansive views over the city and if you think this building behind me is impressive well that’s just the entry gate wait till you see the real thing [Music] [Music] snagging a photo on this iconic deck is no easy feat the best way to avoid the crowds is to come very early in the morning but we didn’t quite have that luxury today because we had a lot of other stops check out on our one day here in Kyoto and I also think that the emperor maybe got duped because this property with the views out over the entire city is just absolutely gorgeous with the surrounding forest and Gardens here I don’t know they might want to switch [Music] my next stop is for a stroll but in my case right now some rest at a beautiful Park it’s called marama and this is a really popular spot when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom there are tons of cherry trees around here that just droop beautifully into the ponds and walking paths around it looks like they all bloomed maybe last week but despite their not being flowers there is just beautiful Greenery everywhere and I’ve already walked about 7 miles today so my feet are quite tired but this is not the end of exploring we’ve got a lot more to see here in toyoto [Music] across town is another beautiful representation of not only Japanese history but architecture the golden Pavilion which sits just behind me it’s been here for hundreds of years in some shape or form it’s been rebuilt twice because of fires but the top two floors are covered completely in beautiful Gold Leaf [Music] it has been such a full day here we have seen so many beautiful things in Kyoto from temples and palaces to just the beautiful flowering trees we’ve been through a lot of crowds and tried some pretty awesome food too and there’s so much more that this City offers I would definitely recommend coming and spending at least a few days here in Kyoto especially if you want to do any tours or experiences and there are a lot of them to choose from from dinner with AA to just a walking tour throughout town or a bus tour where you get to see more sites and if you don’t want to do as much walking as I did today you can definitely take an Uber or a taxi around and there’s also a great subway system here in Kyoto but but this is all that we have for this city there is more to come from this trip to Japan in the next episode I had to shizuka prefecture at the base of Mount Fuji and I’ve got a couple behind the scenes videos that I won’t be releasing anywhere else but patreon and right here on channel memberships so if you want to see those make sure you’re subscribed to the channel and sign up for those additional memberships and I’ll see you in the next video as always I’m Alice Ford never stop exploring [Music]