Explore Kyoto
About the City of Kyoto

About Kyoto City
Population	About 1.5 million . City Area 1.2 million
Temperature	Winter About 0C , ( 33F ) Summer About 40C ( 100F ) and very humid
No. of temples and shrines	We have been told more than 2,000
National and Public Universities	7 ( 2 Nationals )
Private Universities	22
Colleges	10
Tourist	About 60 million people for one year About more than 10 million people from outside of Japan .
Top tourist spot	KiYoMiZu Temple, 27 million people for one year . Admission fee is 300 yen .
The most crowded tour spot	Fushimi Inari Shrine , 1,000 Torii Gate . About 3 million people for the first 3 day of JAN . Free admission .
The price of rental bicycle	Starting from 700 yen for one day
Back Packers Hotel or Guest house	Starting from about 3,000 yen
Hotels and Ryokans	Starting from 8,000 yen up to unlimited
The newest Hotel	The Ritz Carlton Hotel Kyoto Four Seasons Hotel will show up in 2016 .
Bus Fare	230 yen for one time ride. 500 yen for one day pass.( Recommended !!!)
Subway	2( city line ) and 2 ( private line)
Beers	Starting from 100 yen at the supermarket
Vegetarian Restaurant	You better ask at the restaurant .
HALAL Restaurant	There are many HALAL restaurants which show HALAL Mark .
MOSK	There is 1 MOSK .
Cherry Blossom season	About From end of the March for 1 or 2 weeks
New Green	About From the beginning of May
Red Leaf season	About In the November

　
This picture shows how long it takes from each tour spot to another by taking taxi in minute

Some Informations:　　　

KYOTO
　

"KYO -TO" means capital city. KYOTO was the capital city for 1250 years about 150 years ago .

"TOU-KYO-TO" means eastern capital city .
New Government moved the capital to the east from the west.

"TOU" means the east in "OnYomi" pronunciation.
"HIGASHI" is also same meaning but in "Kun Yomi" pronunciation .

" Yomi " means reading .

" On Yomi " is alike a Chinese pronunciation .
" Kun Yomi" is an original pronunciation of Ancient Japanese people.

So that in Japanese , there are 2 pronunciations in one character.

At beginning of ancient Japan , People had a dialogue in " Kun Yomi " pronunciation.
About 5th Century , Buddhism had arrived into this Japan Island and new people had arrived also. They had Chinese characters and Chinese pronunciation which is
"On Yomi" pronunciation.

Soon or later those are merged into one language .

SCHOOL　

Elementary School start 7 to 12. ( Duty and Free )
Junior High School start 13 to 15. ( Duty and Free )
High School 16 to 18 ( Not Duty and Not Free )

School normally starts 8:30AM to 3:00PM

Students normally go to many kind of after school .
Piano lesson, Swimming lesson. Math class and many others.

There is not normally an English native speaker in school
so that English class normally become reading and writing only .

So that students normally can not listen a native English pronunciation
which means students do not have any listening capability.

Many students seem like almost under hard of hearing that is why
Japanese people have difficulty to talk in English .

Summer vacation starts normally from 21st of July to 31st of August
Winter vacation starts normally from 24th of December to 7th of January
Spring vacation starts normally from 24th of March to 7th of April .

There is not any janitor in school .
All of student must clean up their school and class room.
　

Transportation in KYOTO

When if you have to save time then you better use a TAXI which is the cheapest fare in JAPAN.　

BUS is cheap but takes a lot of time . It takes about double compare with taxi.

Transportation
from KANSAI International Airport to KYOTO .

Distance is about 110km

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By Train :	There are 2 choices . One : Taking JR Line named " Haruka " . This train is express It takes about 2 hours to get Kyoto including waiting time . Two :Taking Local lines. It takes about 3 hours to get Kyoto including waiting time .
By Bus :	You can take a bus which is running every hours .　 Bus takes about 2 hours to get Kyoto station or some hotels including waiting time .
By Taxi :	Its takes about 1.5 hour to your place.
By Shuttle Taxi :	Need a prior reservation . They take you to the where you pointed . 3500 yen for one person . If you are more than 4 people and had big languages then you have a chance for named " Yuttari Plan" Shuttle taxi. It is 25,000 yen for one mini Van taxi which can be managed up to 9 people and takes you at where you pointed. YASAKA Airport Shuttle: This takes about 1.5 hours to your place including waiting time .
By foot :	No way . It will take for 2 days at least . 110km !!!
By Helicopter:	You better ask your agent. There was a landing spot at east side of Kyoto. This takes about 30 minutes flight time to get Kyoto .