Embracing The Reality of Kyoto in 2024 (alone in Japan) [Travel Lifestyle Vlog]
Kyoto, Japan was one of the most highly-anticipated destinations during my travels through Asia. However, this majestic city has seen quite a tourist boom over the last few years. How did this impact my travels, and is it still worth visiting? Watch this vlog to find out 🙂
This is the second-to-last of my vlogs in Japan before I begin sharing some footage from travels in other countries. Overall, this has been such a rewarding journey, and I’m beyond grateful to have the opportunity to experience it and share some reflections along the way. As always, I hope you enjoy ~ All the best, Vlad
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:41 Alone in Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
1:31 Mesmerizing Sunrise
2:03 Solidarity & Serenity
2:44 Arashiyama Monkey Park
3:05 Nishiki Market
3:35 Overtourism in Kyoto
3:48 Gion District
4:20 Ninenzaka / Sannenzaka
4:34 Kiyomizu-dera
4:57 Peace of the Philosopher’s Path
6:08 Higashiyama Jisho-Ji Temple
6:30 Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji)
7:04 Ryoan-ji (Zen Rock Garden)
8:10 The Little Things
8:35 The Irony of Temple Tourism in Kyoto
9:10 Embrace the Chaos
10:38 What It Takes
11:17 Silly American
12:08 Delightful End to the Day
13:30 Fushimi Inari (Red Torii Gates)
14:54 Best Matcha in Kyoto
16:43 Matcha Day in the Matcha Capital
17:27 Photography in Kyoto
18:34 Closing Thoughts
6 Comments
Thanks for watching! Have you been to Kyoto before? If so, what do you love about it? IF not, what would you like to see there?
Hey!.. form Miami.
As a somewhat regular traveler and a bit of a morning person, getting up relatively early and starting to explore new towns/cities is the best; particularly in high tourism destinations/areas.. I'm heading back to Belgium/ Netherlands in a couple of days and getting out of the hotel early each day (6:30ish ) also helps me beat the local commuter congestion on public transport on the way to different parts + the lines at the bakeries/cafes aren't too long yet. Continued happy travels Vlad!
Enjoy your life while you are young. Time flies very fast.
Really special place!
Me and my wife visited Kyoto for a week during our Japan trip last month. We saw many of the beautiful places you covered in your video, but for us the tourist-crowds were just a bit too much (we usally would start our day there around 7am). We visited Tokio, Osaka and Kobe first, so it was a stark contrast to the usual calm, quiet and respectful atmosphere we got used to in Japan (we are calm quiet people ourselves most of the time). If any of you who wants to visit feels the same i'll recommend to do it like Vlad and start your day before sunrise to avoid the crowds. Me and my wife decided, after covering the most important sights in Kyoto, to go on daytrips to Hijmeji, Nara and a long one to Hiroshima instead of staying in Kyoto. Overall it was a really good experience, thank you for the video, it helped me to relive some of these memorys (despite them beeing fresh, while there all these impression were somewhat overwhelming).
I found Tokyo very boring to much scrayming sound and flash commercial al around you