Last Updated: May 21, 2023
My Oh Maizuru
Explore More of “Kyoto by the Sea”
11 min readMay 21, 2023
Despite being one of the most popular places in all of Japan, few international visitors realize that Kyoto City itself is but one part of a much, much larger prefecture. Confusingly called Kyoto Prefecture, this slot of land is simply massive and shouldn’t be confused with what’s often hailed as Japan’s ancient…