Virtual Tour to Kyoto, Japan
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KYOTO (315 miles southwest of Tokyo and 25 miles east of Osaka) was the home of the Japanese Emperor, the center of Japanese civilization and the capital of Japan for about 1,100 years or its 1,200 years of existence. Today it known best for its geishas, great temples, beautiful gardens and works of art. It is also the home of Nintendo and more than its share of urban sprawl.
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When visiting Kyoto, it is important to keep in mind that it is both a modern city and historical treasure with the old and new often placed side by side. Temples and pagodas share the skyline with office complexes; traditional crafts shops and old neighborhoods are intermixed with modern shopping malls and subway stations; and geishas walk down the streets next to salarymen, office ladies and skateboard punks. Yes, there are many lovely, historical buildings but there are also traffic jams, McDonalds and Mister Donuts.
Kyoto is home to about 1.5 million residents. Around 50 million tourists visit Kyoto every year---including 1 million foreigners, of whom 100,000 are Americans. The number of tourists dipped somewhat after the Kobe earthquake, even though Kyoto was not seriously damaged (the Golden Temple developed cracks and a 9th century statue of a Goddess of Mercy in the Koryuji Temple lost a right arm, but that was about it) but soon returned to normal
A lot of foreigners are surprised by how ugly downtown Kyoto is, describing it as a “jumbled mess” and “old and dreary” and “not clean. Many of the nice spots are outside the downtown and requires a little work to get to. But even here you often emerge from a lovely temple or garden only to face off with a busy road lined with wire-laden utility poles and buildings thrown up with little rhyme or reason.
New rules went into effect 2007 that aim to reduce Kyoto's clutter. They include banning flashing billboards, rooftop signs and buildings higher than 31 meters or 19 stories, compared to the current 45 meters. Regulations also cover the color and design of buildings. The traditional wooden houses with lattice facades and slatted second story windows in Kyomachiya have been named endangered cultural heritage sites by the World Monument Fund. There are 50,000 of these houses in Kyoto but their numbers are being reduced by about two percent a year.
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