Old Kyoto: A Guide To Traditional Shops, Restaurants, And Inns: The Updated guide to Traditional Shops, Restaurants, and Inns

by Donald Richie and Lucy Birmingham

Donald Richie (Foreword)

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A travelogue-cum-guidebook, useful for the traveller seeking to find the real Kyoto'. It focuses on the family establishments that have been active for generations. In the old shops and inns that continue to thrive on the narrow backstreets, the visitor may glimpse the old way of life. There are also dozens of maps and photographs. Kyoto is recognised as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also the repository of traditional Japanese culture: still very much alive here. Now, completely updated and revised, this lovingly written'
  • ISBN10 1568365454
  • ISBN13 9781568365459
  • Publish Date 8 November 2013 (first published 29 June 2005)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Kodansha America, Inc