We pull rickshaws in Gion and Uji. The hours that avoid the crowds, how our vehicles are built, the history of Uji. What we have learned running these streets every day, written down as it is.
The private lanes of southern Gion are closed to entry and photography, with signs stating a 10,000 yen penalty. What is private, and when the light actually works.
Continue reading →Yasaka Shrine and Kiyomizu-dera both prohibit outside photographers. Read this before booking one. How to set the hour from sunset, and what we do when it rains.
Continue reading →July is the wettest month in Kyoto, averaging 223.6mm. Working Higashiyama in the rain, what wet stone paving does, and how far we take anyone unsure on their feet.
Continue reading →Kiyomizu-dera opens at 6am and closes at 6pm. The quietest window is the two hours before eight. What happens hour by hour, and how we build a half day around it.
Continue reading →Ujigami Shrine opens at 5am and closes at 4pm, earlier than Byodo-in. Go in the wrong order and you find it shut. A half day in Uji, built backwards from closing time.
Continue reading →No large vehicle enters Higashiyama or the Gion lanes. For corporate guests travelling without escorts, here is how we route them through the busiest streets in Kyoto.
Continue reading →Our rickshaws start at 25,000 yen for 60 minutes, private to your party. The average ride is two hours. The facts on time, vehicle and driver, and no market rate.
Continue reading →When you have finished reading.
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