Costco Kyoto Opening Date Announced
Two days after we posted that Costco would probably open their doors to the Yawatashi, Kyoto store on December 8th, Costco changed the sign outside the store and added the opening date. Costco Yawata will open December 9th! If you are not a member yet, get your membership now before the doors open at a 1000 yen discount. Go to the store to sign up. View Kyoto Costco Yawata in a larger...
Read MoreCostco Kyoto: Opening Day is…
We have been writing about the Kyoto Costco store in Yawatashi for months. People who live near Kyoto have been anticipating and wondering when it will finally open ever since we got wind that it would be built in Yawata. Well, get ready because we may have found out the day it will open! Locals in the Yawata Costco area have heard, either from a little bird or from those who work or will work at Costco there that the new store will open on Dec 8th, in time for Christmas and right after...
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Momiji Finally Changing Colors!
Temperatures are finally beginning to drop in the Kansai region. What does that mean? It means you can prepare a momiji trip because Japanese maple leaves will soon be red in many areas around the region. Trees in mountain areas started changing last week, while trees in lower elevations are still green because temperatures have not been cold enough to cause a change. Because temperatures have dropped the past few days, trees all around the region will begin changing colors from now on. Trees...
Read MoreOpen Up Costco Kyoto!
Are you excited about Costco opening in Kyoto? Many people up to this point have become excited. They are waiting with anticipation. Problem is, however, that Costco keeps pushing the opening date back. At first Costco was supposed to open in spring of this year. Later, they pushed it to autumn. Late in autumn, they changed the sign in front of the store reading it would open in winter. For whatever reason they chose to push the date back, anyone close to Kyoto that knows about Costco is...
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Preparing for Momiji
Every year around the beginning of autumn, just before the leaves begin changing their colors, you begin to hear the word, momiji, batted about in conversation. Momiji itself means Japanese maple. But in conversation when someone uses momiji suru or momiji miru they mean viewing Japanese maple and other autumn tree leaf colors. Right now is that time! As temperatures begin to fall, people are beginning to talk about momiji viewing. It will continue to be the hot topic here in Japan until...
Read MoreTyphoon 15 Wreaking Havoc
Typhoon 15 is ashore along the Wakayama and Mie prefectures bringing heavy rain and winds. Warnings and school closings are in effect for much of Nara, Wakayama, Osaka, Kyoto, Shiga and Mie prefectures.
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