We didn’t make it to all 2000 but we gave it a good shot.
Kyoto was Japan’s capital for over 1000 years and is the heart of traditional Japan. When you arrive in downtown Kyoto it doesn’t look promising with its concrete high rises and busy highways, but to discover traditional Kyoto you need to look further afield and walk amongst the neighbourhoods towards the mountains that surround the city. Here you’ll find the Kyoto you imagined: narrow stone streets of old wooden houses; monks in flowing robes in one of the many temples and shrines; the sounds of chanting and gongs; all against a backdrop of lush green hills.