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In Quest Of: Slow travel in Old Kyoto
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You can avoid crowds at the Fushimi Inari shrine if you arrive by sunrise.
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Karen Tee
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KYOTO – It is easy to get caught up in romantic notions of a dreamy holiday in Kyoto.
But the reality is that with the post-pandemic revenge travel boom, the ancient Japanese capital’s main attractions, which include the Higashiyama temple district and Gion geisha neighbourhood, are almost always packed with a sea of tourists.
