Thursday, 20 September, 2018

Kyoto: The Best City in 2015

Posted on Monday, 13 July, 2015Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Kyoto: The Best City in 2015

Travel + Leisure just released its 20^th Annual World’s Best Awards, which surveys nearly 17,000 readers to come up with a comprehensive list of the year’s best hotels, islands, airlines, and destinations. This year, for the second time in a row, travelers voted Kyoto, Japan, to be the best city in the world. Kyoto — Japan’s imperial capital for over 1,000 years — is full of incredible temples, parks, and markets that make it a favourite with travelers. While Tokyo is best known for being a portal of modern city life — bustling energy, skyscrapers, flashing neon lights — Kyoto offers a different kind of rhythm that includes more than 1,000 ancient Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, zen gardens, traditional ryokan inns and a district dedicated to working geishas. Kyoto is considered the birthplace of geisha culture.

Riding the Shinkansen Passing Mount Fuji

Riding the Shinkansen Passing Mount Fuji

Shirakawa Canal

Shirakawa Canal

Springtime Hanami Festivals Maruyama Park

Springtime Hanami Festivals Maruyama Park

Ninenzaka Street Restored

Ninenzaka Street Restored

Kyo-ryori Kyoto Cuisine

Kyo-ryori Kyoto Cuisine

Byodo-in Buddhist Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Byodo-in Buddhist Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Fall Boat Rides Arashiyama Area

Fall Boat Rides Arashiyama Area

Chureito Pagoda Overlooking Mount Fuji

Chureito Pagoda Overlooking Mount Fuji

Geishas Common Sight in Town

Geishas Common Sight in Town

Gion Geisha District Old Kyoto

Gion Geisha District Old Kyoto

Arashiyama Bamboo Grove

Arashiyama Bamboo Grove

Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion 14th Century

Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion 14th Century

Nishiki Market 400 years old Over 100 shops & restaurants

Nishiki Market 400 years old Over 100 shops & restaurants

Here are the top 10 cities as voted by readers of Travel + Leisure magazine:

Kyoto, Japan
Charleston, South Carolina
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Florence, Italy
Rome, Italy
Bangkok, Thailand
Krakow, Poland
Barcelona, Spain
Cape Town, South Africa
Jerusalem, Israel

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