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Author: Chris Bracken <chris@bracken.jp>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 08:46:37 -0700
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@@ -3401,7 +3401,7 @@ libraries for Dart.</li>
<p>Kawaramachi Station (Karasuma subway line)・河原町駅（地下鉄烏丸線）</p>
<p>You should totally do this. It&rsquo;s an awesome walk through a working market
selling everything from miso to spices to bowls and teacups to fish. There are a
-bunch of restaurants around here too.</p>
+bunch of restaurants around here too. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishiki_Market">Wikipedia</a>)</p>
<h3 id="pontocho先斗町">Pontocho・先斗町</h3>
<p>Pontocho is a narrow street that runs north-south on the west side of the Kamo
river. Lined with restaurants and typical Kyoto style <a href="https://www.japan-architecture.org/inuyarai/">inuyarai</a>. Definitely
@@ -3422,7 +3422,7 @@ Definitely worth a visit. It gets crowded during the day but if you go early in
the morning (6:30 or even 7am), you&rsquo;ll practically have the place to yourself.
After the first set of gates you end up at a sort of second area with a couple
little shops etc, but keep following the narrow steps up and there&rsquo;s some nice
-hiking up higher (and it&rsquo;s less crowded). (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fushimi_Inari-taisha">Wikipedia</a>).</p>
+hiking up higher (and it&rsquo;s less crowded). (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fushimi_Inari-taisha">Wikipedia</a>)</p>
<h3 id="shimogamo-shrine下鴨神社">Shimogamo shrine・下鴨神社</h3>
<p>Demachiyanagi Station (Karasuma subway line)・出町柳駅（地下鉄烏丸線）</p>
<p>Built in the 5th century, but there&rsquo;s been stuff there since the 8th century BC.
@@ -3469,9 +3469,16 @@ explore right next door. Even though they charge ~300 yen to go up to the top of
the big gate, the view is good and you can just sit down on the balcony up there
and check out the view/read a book, etc. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanzen-ji">Wikipedia</a>)</p>
<h3 id="daitoku-ji大徳寺">Daitoku-ji・大徳寺</h3>
-<p>Kitaoji (Karasuma subway line) + 15 min walk・北大路駅（地下鉄烏丸線）</p>
+<p>Kitaoji Station (Karasuma subway line) + 15 min walk・北大路駅（地下鉄烏丸線）</p>
<p>Probably the highest temple + garden density in Kyoto.
(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daitoku-ji">Wikipedia</a>)</p>
+<h3 id="higashi-honganji-and-nishi-honganji東本願寺と西本願寺">Higashi-Honganji and Nishi-Honganji・東本願寺と西本願寺</h3>
+<p>Kyoto Station・京都駅</p>
+<p>These two temples are just a few minutes walk from Kyoto station. Both are large
+Buddhist temples ordered built by shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late 16th/eary
+17th centuries. They&rsquo;re not particularly spectacular, but they are really
+convenient to get to if you&rsquo;re downtown. Wikipedia entries for
+<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higashi_Hongan-ji">Higashi-Honganji</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishi_Hongan-ji">Nishi-Honganji</a>.</p>
<h3 id="nijo-castle-tozai-subway-line-nijojo-mae-station">Nijo Castle (Tozai subway line: Nijojo-mae station).</h3>
<p>Technically not a shrine or a temple, and not a big huge badass castle like
Himeji or Matsumoto, but lots of artwork on &lsquo;fusuma&rsquo; sliding screens and history
@@ -3489,17 +3496,18 @@ Daimaru in the Shijo area.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="anti-recommendations">Anti-recommendations</h2>
<ul>
-<li>Heian Shrine. Just a big massive gate, lots of gravel, and few trees.</li>
+<li>Heian Shrine. Just a big massive gate, lots of gravel, and few trees.
+(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heian_Shrine">Wikipedia</a>)</li>
<li>Kyoto tower. Built pretty much when everyone needed some crappy tower&hellip; this
is the Calgary Tower of Japan.</li>
<li>Osaka Castle. I realise it&rsquo;s not Kyoto, but if you want a castle whose outside
fools you into thinking you&rsquo;re about to check out a historic castle, but
that&rsquo;s actually been renovated into a kind of crappy museum with an elevator
-to the top, this is the place.</li>
+to the top, this is the place. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_Castle">Wikipedia</a>)</li>
<li>I&rsquo;m not a huge fan of the Imperial Palace, not that it&rsquo;s crap, it&rsquo;s just big
and quite empty-ish. That said, I think you can get into a bunch of places now
that no-one ever used to be allowed in to. It&rsquo;s actually quite nice on rainy
-days, but can be scorching in the summer.</li>
+days, but can be scorching in the summer. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Imperial_Palace">Wikipedia</a>)</li>
</ul>
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diff --git a/japan/kyoto/index.html b/japan/kyoto/index.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
<p>Kawaramachi Station (Karasuma subway line)・河原町駅（地下鉄烏丸線）</p>
<p>You should totally do this. It’s an awesome walk through a working market
selling everything from miso to spices to bowls and teacups to fish. There are a
-bunch of restaurants around here too.</p>
+bunch of restaurants around here too. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishiki_Market">Wikipedia</a>)</p>
<h3 id="pontocho先斗町">Pontocho・先斗町</h3>
<p>Pontocho is a narrow street that runs north-south on the west side of the Kamo
river. Lined with restaurants and typical Kyoto style <a href="https://www.japan-architecture.org/inuyarai/">inuyarai</a>. Definitely
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Definitely worth a visit. It gets crowded during the day but if you go early in
the morning (6:30 or even 7am), you’ll practically have the place to yourself.
After the first set of gates you end up at a sort of second area with a couple
little shops etc, but keep following the narrow steps up and there’s some nice
-hiking up higher (and it’s less crowded). (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fushimi_Inari-taisha">Wikipedia</a>).</p>
+hiking up higher (and it’s less crowded). (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fushimi_Inari-taisha">Wikipedia</a>)</p>
<h3 id="shimogamo-shrine下鴨神社">Shimogamo shrine・下鴨神社</h3>
<p>Demachiyanagi Station (Karasuma subway line)・出町柳駅（地下鉄烏丸線）</p>
<p>Built in the 5th century, but there’s been stuff there since the 8th century BC.
@@ -106,9 +106,16 @@ explore right next door. Even though they charge ~300 yen to go up to the top of
the big gate, the view is good and you can just sit down on the balcony up there
and check out the view/read a book, etc. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanzen-ji">Wikipedia</a>)</p>
<h3 id="daitoku-ji大徳寺">Daitoku-ji・大徳寺</h3>
-<p>Kitaoji (Karasuma subway line) + 15 min walk・北大路駅（地下鉄烏丸線）</p>
+<p>Kitaoji Station (Karasuma subway line) + 15 min walk・北大路駅（地下鉄烏丸線）</p>
<p>Probably the highest temple + garden density in Kyoto.
(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daitoku-ji">Wikipedia</a>)</p>
+<h3 id="higashi-honganji-and-nishi-honganji東本願寺と西本願寺">Higashi-Honganji and Nishi-Honganji・東本願寺と西本願寺</h3>
+<p>Kyoto Station・京都駅</p>
+<p>These two temples are just a few minutes walk from Kyoto station. Both are large
+Buddhist temples ordered built by shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late 16th/eary
+17th centuries. They’re not particularly spectacular, but they are really
+convenient to get to if you’re downtown. Wikipedia entries for
+<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higashi_Hongan-ji">Higashi-Honganji</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishi_Hongan-ji">Nishi-Honganji</a>.</p>
<h3 id="nijo-castle-tozai-subway-line-nijojo-mae-station">Nijo Castle (Tozai subway line: Nijojo-mae station).</h3>
<p>Technically not a shrine or a temple, and not a big huge badass castle like
Himeji or Matsumoto, but lots of artwork on ‘fusuma’ sliding screens and history
@@ -126,17 +133,18 @@ Daimaru in the Shijo area.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="anti-recommendations">Anti-recommendations</h2>
<ul>
-<li>Heian Shrine. Just a big massive gate, lots of gravel, and few trees.</li>
+<li>Heian Shrine. Just a big massive gate, lots of gravel, and few trees.
+(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heian_Shrine">Wikipedia</a>)</li>
<li>Kyoto tower. Built pretty much when everyone needed some crappy tower… this
is the Calgary Tower of Japan.</li>
<li>Osaka Castle. I realise it’s not Kyoto, but if you want a castle whose outside
fools you into thinking you’re about to check out a historic castle, but
that’s actually been renovated into a kind of crappy museum with an elevator
-to the top, this is the place.</li>
+to the top, this is the place. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_Castle">Wikipedia</a>)</li>
<li>I’m not a huge fan of the Imperial Palace, not that it’s crap, it’s just big
and quite empty-ish. That said, I think you can get into a bunch of places now
that no-one ever used to be allowed in to. It’s actually quite nice on rainy
-days, but can be scorching in the summer.</li>
+days, but can be scorching in the summer. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Imperial_Palace">Wikipedia</a>)</li>
</ul>
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