Thousands of torii gates behind Fushimi Inari shrine. Photos: Tan Hock Chuan
Kyoto, the cultural centre of Japan, is the place to enjoy beautifully landscaped Japanese gardens, Buddhist temples (about 1,600), Shinto shrines (about 400), traditional teahouses and geishas.
Kyoto was saved from the atomic bomb by the then US Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, who removed Kyoto from the target list (and replaced it with Nagasaki) because the city held fond memories for him; he spent his honeymoon in Kyoto.
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