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Kyoto, Japan
6 places worth your time in Kyoto, with what each is actually like and when to go.
Ten thousand vermilion torii up a mountainside, free, and open around the clock.
The Golden Pavilion, rebuilt in 1955 after a monk burned it down, its top two floors in gold leaf.
A path through towering bamboo, plus a monkey park and the Katsura river beyond.
A wooden stage on the hillside built without nails, above a waterfall of three streams.
The historic entertainment districts, with machiya townhouses and a strict etiquette about photography.
A covered market four hundred years old, running five blocks — pickles, knives, tofu and tea.
