Exploring Kyoto: On Foot In The Ancient Capital

by Judith Clancy

The thirty walking tours in Exploring Kyoto take you both to famous sites and to little-known but equally rewarding treasures tucked away up back streets or behind an unassuming gate or doorway. Supplemented with detailed maps for each walk, sixteen pages of color photographs, and thoroughly researched information on the city's culture and history, Exploring Kyoto is a book no visitor to Japan should be without.

Genres: Travel, Japan, Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 1997

Reviews

[Alex Pler · Rating 4 out of 5]

27 recorridos para explorar Kioto de manera exhaustiva. La propuesta es buena y la autora conoce bien la ciudad, aunque quizás se centra demasiado en los templos y santuarios y poco en las calles o zonas interesantes. Pero lo que impide que la guía da perfecta es la ausencia de fotos que ilustren lo que leyendo los textos pueden parecer templos virtualmente igual de interesantes. Unido a una maquetación farragosa que dificulta la consulta, hace que el libro se quede lejos de lo que podría ser, aunque sí aporta información valiosa.

[Powersamurai · Rating 5 out of 5]

To tell you the honest truth, I don't know why I didn't buy this sooner. OK, I do know why I didn't buy it sooner. "A guide book on Kyoto? Yeah, right. Why does someone living in Kansai need one of them?" Arrogance, at its best. Well, I humble myself to say that I'm now kicking myself for not getting it years ago.

Every resident of Kansai, at least - and local residents who visit Kyoto regularly, for that fact - should buy this guide and Clancy's latest, Machiya Restaurant Guide. Both are indispensable guides. That work well together. Clancy is obviously a birdlover and nature lover and notes the local flora and fauna throughout the city. Having done a lot of work dealing with Kyoto recently, I appreciate Clancy's work even more. If you want to do your friends and family a favour, buy them Kyoto the City of Zen. Her prose is excellent. And yes, I will be raving about that when I'm done reading it.

[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thirty walking tours -- I did several of them (or portions) and found Clancy's information helpful, though I wish some of the maps that accompany the text were a little easier to read. Or at least the one for Arashiyama.