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		<title>Kyoto Used Book Fair at Chion-ji Temple &#8211; Autumn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kyoto souvenir omiyage 京土産]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Autumn Used Book Fair (Aki-no-Furuhon Matsuri) in Kyoto takes place every year at Chion-ji Temple from October 30th to November 3rd. This is one of the three annual secondhand book fairs in Kyoto and takes place on the grounds of an historic temple. There are about 200,000 used and rare book on hand and generally prices are quite reasonable.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Taste of Real Sake in Kyoto: Sake Bar Asakura (with Fluent English Service)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiyamachi neighborhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[namazake unpasteurized sake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sake nihonshu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Welcome to the world of REAL SAKE!! Have you ever tasted fruity, rich flavored sake, unpasteurized sake, red sake, amber colored 20+ year old vintage sake? More than 50 kinds of sake is waiting for you&#8230; at Nihonshu Sake Bar Asakura&#8221;, reads the sign outside.
I&#8217;m in! How about you?
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://openkyoto.com/dining/sake-bar-asakura.html"><img class="size-full" title="The Taste of Real Sake in Kyoto: Sake Bar Asakura 日本酒 BAR あさくら" src="http://openkyoto.com/CtW_3.1/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kyoto-sake-bar-asakura-1.jpg" alt="The Taste of Real Sake in Kyoto: Sake Bar Asakura 日本酒 BAR あさくら" width="580" height="387" /></a>Fluent English Speaking Owner Yoshihito Asakura</div>
<strong>The Taste of Real Sake&#8230;</strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Kyoto Kitayama Lumberjack Sushi</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Product]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese cedar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese foresty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese wood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kitayama Keihoku area]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To make this sushi, in addition to a kitchen, a woodshop is required! Masakazu Hatadan runs a bento and catering shop in the rural mountain village of Keihoku an hour drive up from the ancient capital. This is Kitayama Sugi (cedar) country and a station town on the old Saba-kaido (Mackerel Highway). Several years ago Hatadan-san decided to develop some&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bon Appetit Magazine Photoshoot at Kichisen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shokunin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyoto culinary culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kyoto restaurant]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trying to Open Kyoto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iron Chef defeater Chef Yoshimi Tanigawa, said to carry the future of Kyoto cuisine on his shoulders, is a one of a kind. His cuisine is authentically Kyoto, but he isn&#8217;t, and that is a good thing because unlike a lot of Kyoto, he is open to the world and people like me, open to sharing his experience and conveying&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kyoto Best Cheap Eats: Ootoya Teishoku Restaurant (800 yen)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[binchotan charcoal gohan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget meals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ootoya Gohan-dokoro is conveniently located in the bustling Sanjo-Kawaramachi neighborhood and offers mainly set meals, called teishoku in Japanese, with very good cost performance for tasty and healthy meals. Ootoya&#8217;s teishoku meals are mainly rice based and are accompanied by fish, chicken or pork. Fish seems to be the most common.
Ootoya Gohan-dokoro (大戸屋 ごはん処) is national chain that has&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kyoto Best Cheap Eats: Marugame Udon Noodle Restaurant (500 yen)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marugame Seimen is conveniently located in the bustling Sanjo-Kawaramachi neighborhood and offers Kyoto&#8217;s best cost performance for tasty, filling and healthy meals. Marugame serves udon noodle dishes and the udon is actually made fresh, right on the premises! No &#8216;Made in China&#8217; and &#8216;Defrosted in Kyoto&#8217; budget noodle dishes here!
Marugame Seimen (丸亀製麺) is an up-and-coming national chain, and this&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kyoto Daimonji Viewing Party at Hirosawa Pond</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bon Festival]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daimonji, or properly, Gozan-no-Okuribi is a very fascinating and unique ceremonial event that occurs every August 16 in Kyoto. Five mountain sides around the city, with six Chinese character and pictogram shaped bonfires are burned. This happens at the end of the Bon Festival and the fires are intended to send off the spirits of visiting family members back to&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kyoto Used Book Fair at Shimogamo Shrine &#8211; Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyoto shrine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if you don&#8217;t read Japanese, you still might want to buy some Japanese books on your visit to Japan. Graphically oriented books in Japan are very beautifully illustrated and the content is well communicated, visually. If you are interested in the arts, culture, travel, or just a window into an exotic bygone era, Japanese used books offer a look&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kyoto&#8217;s Gojo-Zaka Kiyomizu-yaki Pottery Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiyomizu-yaki pottery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This annual street market offers hundreds of pottery stores and stalls. Kyoto-style pottery is available at big discounts. Off the main street some pottery workshops are open their doors and you can meet and chat with the potters and see how Kyoto pottery is made.
Kiyomizu Yaki is the famous pottery of the ancient capital. Historically Gojo Street was where&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Beautifully Frightening: Kyoto Aloha Shirt Marker Pagong&#8217;s Haunted House PR Coup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aloha shirt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kimono]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pagong パゴン京友禅おばけ屋敷]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why go to a haunted house in the summer? According to Japanese culture, there is a good reason. Recently a client from Walt Disney Imagineering was in town that is very interested in Japanese ghosts and haunted houses in general. He was in luck because there is a new haunted house in Kyoto. It is called Kyo Yuzen Obake Yashiki&#8230;]]></description>
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