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Kyoto - December 2025 Archives

🍁🍂Of all my travels, nothing has touched me quite like Kyoto in early December 2025.
It was my third time there, but I had never experienced the city quite this way. The beauty of nature, the autumn colors, the soft light, the calm, crisp cold but soft in a way… everything felt like poetry. Will never forget those days.

Kyoto is a city that needs time, and above all, a careful planning. There are so many extraordinary temples, beautiful little streets, traditional crafts, beautiful shops, cute coffee shops, great food stores and wonderful restaurants (maybe not for fish and seafood 🤭)
Kyoto is a city to slow down, to walk for hours and, to enjoy the smallest details and the dreamy Nature.🍁✨🍂

Here are some of my favorites places to visit :

🍁Temples & Walks

• Anraku-ji
• Eikando
• Ginkaku-ji
• Nanzen-ji
• Kaisan-do
• Kiyomizu-dera
• Gio-ji

🍂Arashiyama : A Must!

• Yusai-tei Gallery (book in advance)
• Tenryu-ji
• Jojakko-ji
• Sai no Kawara
• Otagi Nenbutsu-ji
• Seiryo-ji
• Enrian & Hokyo-in

🍁Where I Stayed

• Maana Kiyomizu
• Gion Misen Furumonzen
• Asai Kyoto Shijo

🍂Experiences

• Kintsugi workshop at POJ Studio
• Create your own amulet at Kennin-ji
• Tea ceremony at Ryōsoku-in (book in advance)
• Pick up beautiful sashimi from a depachika (Japanese department store food hall)

🍂Shops

• ONN Kyoto
• Rikka Not
• Kyo Amahare
• Kawataki Kyoto
• Mumokuteki Goods & Wears
• Here Kyoto
• Baikōan Tea
• Wakabaya
• Marcourt Kyoto