| DATE: | February 25 and 26, 2006 from 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | |
| PLACE: | Okazaki Park / Heian-jingu Shrine Okazaki Nishitenno-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto |
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| DIRECTION: | Bus stop at Kyoto Kaikan Bijutsukan-mae (city bus #5, #100) | |
| TEL: | 81-75-752-0227 | |
| ADMISSION: | Free | |
| TEXT: | For sightseeing, try the morning market held in Okazaki Park and the Heian-jingu Shrine, both of which are among the prominent cultural sightseeing spots in Kyoto-city. There are not only shops selling Kyoto’s vegetables, products and souvenirs, but also those where you can have Kyoto’s dishes such as Nishinsoba (noodles with herring) and Namafu-zenzai (bean soup with wheat gluten). Besides shopping and eating, people can enjoy other events, such as the exhibition of cow carriages, used for the Jidai-matsuri Festival, and various street performances. |