{"id":597,"date":"2009-08-22T13:14:58","date_gmt":"2009-08-22T12:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidejapanblog.com\/?p=597"},"modified":"2017-04-21T17:23:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T16:23:34","slug":"lovely-uji-sumo-wrestling-is-coming-to-the-small-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/22\/lovely-uji-sumo-wrestling-is-coming-to-the-small-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovely Uji"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? 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But then I realised I had too much to say, so have turned it into a post instead \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Basically, I&#8217;m so happy to hear the sumo is going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnto.go.jp\/eng\/location\/regional\/kyoto\/uji.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uji<\/a>! This is because a) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UxhKb-zZoWE&amp;feature=fvw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sumo is awesome<\/a> and b) I love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kshop.co.jp\/hanayasiki\/e-kankou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uji<\/a>, so hopefully this will encourage more people to make the 20 minute trip out of Kyoto. When my friends and family came to visit me in Kyoto, I always took them to Uji. You could combine a morning in Uji with a trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/japanese-destinations\/nara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nara<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/30\/kyoto-for-free-part-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fushimi Inari Shrine<\/a> for a great day trip.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Uji is a pretty little town famous for lots of things. Firstly it is home to my favourite temple, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Byodo-In_Temple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Byodo-in<\/a>, which is pictured on the back of the 10 yen coin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-600\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/juendamabyodoinwp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/juendamabyodoinwp.jpg\" alt=\"10 yen coin\" width=\"297\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/juendamabyodoinwp.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/juendamabyodoinwp-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">10 yen coin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s all the green tea and a lovely little tea house, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.kyoto.jp\/visitkyoto\/en\/theme\/activities\/cultural\/culture\/taihoan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tai Hoan<\/a>, where you can turn up and take part in a tea ceremony for just 600 yen. One of my former students volunteers here, demonstrating Japanese tea ceremony to visitors. So if you meet a 16 year old girl called Mari, tell her Ruth says hello!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-601\" style=\"width: 138px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-601\" title=\"taihoan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/taihoan.jpg\" alt=\"Taihoan tea house\" width=\"138\" height=\"143\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taihoan tea house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-604\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-604\" title=\"n513922432_270007_2574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/n513922432_270007_2574.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Inside the tea house\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/n513922432_270007_2574.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/n513922432_270007_2574-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/n513922432_270007_2574-390x291.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the tea house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Uji is also the setting for the world&#8217;s oldest novel,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.taleofgenji.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> The Tale Of Genji<\/a>, full of courtly life in medieval Japan, so check out the great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uji-genji.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Genji museum<\/a>. I don&#8217;t usually spend much time in museums when I&#8217;m on holiday, but I thought this one was really interesting. They have a cinema where you can watch a gently animated version of one of the book&#8217;s chapters. Oh, and they have headsets with translations in various languages so you don&#8217;t have to battle with the Japanese audio.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-602\" style=\"width: 266px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-602\" title=\"genji\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/genji.jpg?w=266\" alt=\"A scene from The Tale Of Genji\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/genji.jpg 532w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/genji-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/genji-390x439.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scene from The Tale Of Genji<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Throw in fantastic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qSpiVQA3XOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">firework festivals,<\/a> riverside cherry blossom, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phototravels.net\/japan\/ukai-cormorant-fishing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cormorant fishing<\/a>, great craft shops and cafes and you&#8217;ll soon realise that Uji has it all! I moved back to Bristol from Kyoto a year ago, and as I said my goodbyes to Japan, I made a special effort to go back to Uji. I really miss the place.<\/p>\n<h4>Like this post? 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